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PRESS RELEASES

Press releases are listed beginning with the most recent:

June 27, 2008 (120kb pdf)
New High-Tech Research ship to Serve NOAA's Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary

February 20, 2007 (368kb pdf)
Explorer Ballard to Lead Major Ocean Expedition to Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

September 18, 2006 (124kb pdf)
National Marine Sanctuaries Subject of New Cousteau Film Airing on PBS Stations Nationwide

May 30, 2006 (80kb pdf)
Teachers Heading Offshore to Learn About Gulf of Mexico Coral Reefs

July 7, 2005 (104kb pdf)
NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Applicants for New Advisory Council

MEDIA ADVISORIES

Media advisories are listed beginning with the most recent:

June 2007 (136kb pdf)
NOAA to Christen New Research Vessel R/V Manta at Galveston Ceremony

April 2007 (100kb pdf)
Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting scheduled for April 19, 2007.




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