Deepwater Horizon Press Releases
Links to the press releases related to the Deepwater Horizon / BP oil spill incident available at noaanews.noaa.gov.
For more information 09-07-10: No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill [leaves OR&R site] 09-03-10: NOAA Reopens More than 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf to Fishing [leaves OR&R site] 09-02-10: NOAA Reopens More than 5,000 Square Miles in the Gulf to Fishing [leaves OR&R site] 08-27-10: NOAA Reopens More than 4,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area [leaves OR&R site] 08-19-10: Scientists Map Origin of Large, Underwater Hydrocarbon Plume in Gulf [leaves OR&R site] 08-18-10: Scientists Release the First Rescued, Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Back into the Gulf [leaves OR&R site] 08-15-10: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson Rescues Downed Pilot [leaves OR&R site] 08-10-10: NOAA Reopens More Than 5,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area [leaves OR&R site] 08-09-10: NOAA-Supported Scientists Find Changes to Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone [leaves OR&R site] 08-05-10: NOAA Announces Funding to Model Effects of Sea Level Rise in Northern Gulf of Mexico [leaves OR&R site] 08-04-10: Federal Science Report Details Fate of Oil from BP Spill [leaves OR&R site] 07-30-10: Gulf’s Surface Oil Not a Threat to Southern Florida, Keys and East Coast [leaves OR&R site] 07-28-10: Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research and Response Missions [leaves OR&R site] 07-23-10: Second Federal Analysis Gives Further Clues about Location and Movement of Subsurface Oil [leaves OR&R site] 07-22-10: NOAA Reopens One-Third of Closed Gulf Fishing Area [leaves OR&R site] 07-22-10: NOAA and Coast Guard Actively Enforcing Gulf of Mexico Closed Fishing Area [leaves OR&R site] 07-21-10: NOAA Releases Data Report on Air Quality Measurements Near the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Area [leaves OR&R site] 07-09-10: NOAA, U.S., Brazilian Partners Send Ship to Study Corals, Water Column for Gulf Oil Spill Response [leaves OR&R site] 07-08-10: Protecting Wild Dolphins During the Gulf Oil Spill [leaves OR&R site] 07-03-10: CLARIFICATION on the Current Threat to Florida Peninsula and Florida Keys from Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill [leaves OR&R site] 07-02-10: NOAA Models Long-Term Oil Threat to Gulf and East Coast Shoreline [leaves OR&R site] 07-01-10: NOAA and University Scientists Launch Research Cruise to Determine Effects of Oil Spill on Endangered Whales [leaves OR&R site] 06-30-10: NOAA, IOOS® Partners Employing Underwater Gliders and Surface Radar to Assist In Gulf Water Sampling [leaves OR&R site] 06-30-10: NOAA Sends Two Ships to Study Loop Current and Coastal Florida Waters [leaves OR&R site] 06-29-10: NOAA, FDA, and Gulf Coast State Officials Affirm Commitment to Ensuring Safety of Gulf Coast Seafood [leaves OR&R site] 06-28-10: NOAA-Supported Scientists Predict Larger Than Average Gulf Dead Zone [leaves OR&R site] 06-25-10: NOAA Ship Delaware II to Collect Tunas, Swordfish, Water Samples on Deepwater Horizon Spill Study [leaves OR&R site] 06-23-10: Missouri Teacher Sails in Gulf of Mexico Aboard NOAA Ship Pisces [leaves OR&R site] 06-23-10: Mississippi Teacher Sails In Gulf of Mexico Aboard NOAA Ship Oregon [leaves OR&R site] 06-23-10: Administration’s Joint Analysis Group Releases First Scientific Report on Subsea Monitoring data from Gulf Spill [leaves OR&R site] 06-17-10: NOAA Conducts Tests to Determine Fate of Whale Found Dead in Gulf of Mexico [leaves OR&R site] 06-16-10: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson Continues Deepwater Horizon Spill Study Mission [leaves OR&R site] 06-14-10: NOAA, FDA Continue Ramping Up Efforts to Ensure Safety of Gulf of Mexico Seafood [leaves OR&R site] 06-13-10: Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research Missions [leaves OR&R site] 06-08-10: NOAA Deploys Additional High Powered Research Aircraft to Gulf to Help Monitor Air Quality [leaves OR&R site] 05-28-10: UNH Coastal Response Research Center, NOAA, EPA and Coast Guard Convene Science Meeting to Study Dispersant Use and Ecosystem Impacts of Dispersed Oil in the Gulf of Mexico [leaves OR&R site] 05-28-10: NOAA Research Ship Gordon Gunter Expands Gulf Mission [leaves OR&R site] 05-28-10: NOAA Assists With Multi-Agency Effort to Decontaminate Ships Passing through Oil Spill [leaves OR&R site] 05-26-10: NOAA, Navy Partner to Monitor Ocean Conditions Near Spill Area [leaves OR&R site] 05-25-10: NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico [leaves OR&R site] 05-24-10: NOAA Baseline Sampling of Sediment, Shellfish and Water Sets Stage for BP Oil Spill Damage Assessment [leaves OR&R site] 05-11-10: NOAA Dispatches Northeast Science Chief to Lead Rapid-Response Contamination Testing System [leaves OR&R site] 05-06-10: NOAA Ocean Science Mission Changes Course to Collect Seafloor and Water Column Oil Spill Data [leaves OR&R site]
