GOMRI Save the Date for RFP V for small team investigations– http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/request-for-proposals/rfp-v/ Read More
Tag: ecosystem
Legislation
Senate passed S1254 to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998; bill now goes to House– https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s1254?utm_campaign=govtrack_email_update&utm_source=govtrack/email_update&utm_medium=email. Read More
State of Gulf Summit
State of the Gulf Summit, Houston TX, March 24-27, 2014– http://www.sgmsummit.org/ Read More
State of Coast
LA State of the Coast conference, NOLA, March 18-20, 2014– http://www.stateofthecoast.org/ Read More
Legislation
Water Resources Development Act (S601 and HR3080) in conference; conferees shown at http://www.nado.org/house-joins-senate-in-appointing-conferees-for-water-resources-bill/. Senate Bill S601 (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr3080/text) includes Title XII– National Endowment for the Oceans, not included in original HR3080 passed by House. Read More
Gulf economics data
Socio-Economics Group at the Harte Research Institute release of GecoServ 2: Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Service Valuation Database– http://www.gecoserv.org/ Read More
Ocean strategy
CEQ “Marine Planning Handbook,” action called for in NOP Implementation Plan, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov//sites/default/files/final_marine_planning_handbook.pdf Read More
Hypoxia science
LUMCON cruise reports map low oxygen “Dead Zone” off MS River mouth, available at http://www.gulfhypoxia.net Read More
USFWS strategy
US Fish and Wildlife Service vision for Gulf restoration available at http://www.fws.gov/gulfrestoration/pdf/VisionDocument.pdf Read More
NRC report
NRC Ocean Studies Board finished its report, An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico now available at http://dels.nas.edu/Report/report/18387 Read More