Playing tag to protect great white sharks
New Zealand Herald | 11 Apr 2012
It is the stuff of nightmares for some, but scientists are getting up close and personal with great white sharks around New Zealand in an effort to protect them. Scientists have tagged 23 great white sharks near Stewart Island in in an effort to follow their movements and to try to stop them from being accidentally caught in nets and lines.
 Pacific Ocean | Fish | Research

U.S. to give BP evidence on size of Gulf oil spill
Reuters | 11 Apr 2012
(Reuters) - BP Plc will gain access to U.S. government documents that may shed light on the size of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a crucial issue in determining the oil company's liability.
 Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Gulf of Mexico oil sheen triggers spill response
Reuters | 11 Apr 2012
HOUSTON (Reuters) - An oil sheen spotted near Royal Dutch Shell platforms in the central Gulf of Mexico has caused the company to send a spill response vessel and seek aircraft over flights, a Shell spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
 Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Transocean seeks to block CSB oil-spill probe
Reuters | 11 Apr 2012
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Myriad agencies have investigated BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but the owner of the rig that exploded and sank wants to draw the line at the one designated by Congress to probe disasters involving deadly chemical blasts and releases.
 Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

BOEM Releases Ocean Science Journal, Volume 9 Issue 1
National Oceanographic Partnership Program | 11 Apr 2012
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released Volume 9, Issue 1 of BOEM Ocean Science. The current issue focuses on the status of BOEMs Renewable Energy Program and their Smart from the Start Initiative. The issue also includes an article highlighting BOEM s partnership with the...
 Renewable Energy | Research