New NOAA Publications

Two new NOAA publications are available:

NOAA Fisheries announces the release of Our Living Oceans: Habitat , Policymakers' Summary. This document summarizes key issues affecting the habitats of NOAA Fisheries' trust resources, habitat status and trends, and associated research needs. The full volume of Our Living Oceans: Habitat will be released soon. To obtain a hard copy of the Policymakers' Summary, please contact Mark.Chandler@noaa.gov.
Our living oceans: Habitat. Status of the habitat of U.S. living marine resources. Policymakers’ summary, 1st edition, 32 p. [PDF 5.8MB]

NOAA Fisheries has released its Biennial Report to Congress on the Recovery Program for Threatened and Endangered Species. This report addresses the conservation, management, and research activities conducted for the benefit of domestic endangered and threatened species, covering the time period October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2008. It includes accounts of each species, its status, current threats, conservation actions undertaken during this time frame, and priority actions needed. The report notes that 37% of listed species under NOAA jurisdiction are stable or increasing, 29% are known to be declining, and 34% are unknown or mixed in their status. For more information, contact Larissa.Plants@noaa.gov.
Biennial Report to Congress on the Recovery Program for Threatened and Endangered Species., 184 p,[PDF] 3.3MB