PRESS RELEASES

Press releases are listed beginning with the most recent:

September 10, 2012 (161kb)
A team of archaeologists and technicians assembled by NOAA will begin to create a three-dimensional sonar map to document the storm-exposed remains of the USS Hatteras, the only Union warship sunk in combat in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War.

August 15, 2011 (35kb)
Lionfish Reported at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA formulating response to invasive species threat, asks for help from public.

June 7, 2011 (14kb)
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Honors Kevin Buch as Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Volunteer of the Year