NOAA is seeking public comment on the first steps toward designating a new national marine sanctuary in a 7,000-sq.-mi. area off the central California coast, adjacent to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) is accepting applications from eligible and qualified institutions to apply for a Centers of Excellence (CoE) designation, which will recognize and support community or technical colleges and maritime training centers that prepare Americans for careers in the maritime industry. The CoE Program is a voluntary program administered by MARAD. MARAD may enter cooperative
Read moreNOAA is proposing to designate two new marine sanctuaries: a 1,075-sq. mi. area of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and a 52-sq. mi. stretch of the tidal Potomac River in Maryland. The Wisconsin site contains shipwrecks from the 19th and early-20th centuries. The Maryland site contains wrecks from World War I, as well as sites related to Native American cultures and
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