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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) noted on January 2, 2024 that it has updated its Guidelines for Providing Geophysical, Geotechnical, and Geohazard Information Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 585.  These guidelines provide crucial information for industry professionals involved...Read More

On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of State announced updated data on the outer limits of the U.S. continental shelf in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast.  Since 2003, U.S. government agencies have been engaged in gathering...Read More

Today, the U.S. Navy, on behalf of NOAA, has awarded $146,778,932 to Skanska USA, from New York, to design and build a new NOAA facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. This facility will eventually be the new home...Read More

Our oceans are filled with items that do not belong there.  Huge amounts of consumer plastics, metals, rubber, paper, textiles, derelict fishing gear, vessels, and other lost or discarded items enter the marine environment every day, making marine debris one...Read More

Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Proposed for Offshore Delaware, Maryland, Virginia On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the proposal of an offshore wind lease sale in the Central Atlantic that includes one area offshore the States of Delaware...Read More

According to the U.S. National Park Service, 2,403 American service members and civilians were killed and another 1,178 people were injured in the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.    In its ongoing mission to support...Read More

For those whose interests are focused on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, particularly in research, offshore energy and marine mineral exploration, development and production, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has several upcoming events during early December 2023 in...Read More

In a history-making decision, the origins of which date back to 2011, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced its approval of construction and operation of New York’s Empire Wind offshore wind project on November 21, 2023. A joint project...Read More

NOAA’s National Coral Reefs Monitoring Program (NCRMP) launched a new data visualization tool on November 15, 2023 that will provide free and easy-to-access information on the status of U.S. coral reefs.  It is the first tool focusing on shallow tropical...Read More