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State and federal environmental officials have announced the second round of remediation projects in the wake of an oil spill in Buzzards Bay in 2003 that damaged the Massachusetts and Rhode Island shorelines. The nearly $4.3 million plan announced Friday includes the restoration of shorelines resources, including tidal marshes and beaches; aquatic resources, including lobster, shellfish and fin f

Federal forecasters say the Atlantic hurricane season will be even quieter than predicted, thanks to atmospheric and oceanic conditions suppressing storm formation. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration still expects three to six hurricanes to form during the six-month season that peaks between mid-August and mid-October...

The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration says it will award $16.5 million to 14 organizations for research projects about Atlantic sea scallops. NOAA'S Northeast Cooperative Research Program announced the grants Tuesday. The researchers are from Massachusetts, Maine, Delaware, and Virginia and will work on a total of 16 projects...

NOAA is sending $14.5 million to Massachusetts to assist the Commonwealth's struggling commercial fishermen. Under a plan worked out between NOAA and the New England states, one-third of that money will be held back to help fund a vessel buy-back program...

Government forecasters believe this year's hurricane season will be slightly below normal. NOAA is expecting eight to 13 named storms, with three to six of them becoming hurricanes.  The experts say that one or two of those hurricanes will reach Category Three or higher, with winds in excess of 111-miles-an-hour...

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is freeing up nearly $33 million to aid struggling fishermen in New England.  Still be to determined is exactly how that money will be spent.  NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard tells WBSM News, he's already had meetings with state fishery directors, industry representatives and members of Congress and more meetings are  planned. ... Read

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is announcing the agency will continue to cover groundfish observer and at-sea monitoring costs. A unfunded federal mandate being implemented would not have required NOAA to pick up the tab, but the agency is keeping on course with paying for the cost for the observers...

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announces a proposal to open some areas to ground fishing that have been off limits for nearly 20 years. The proposal states there are three offshore areas under consideration for opening to the South and East of Cape Cod...

Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley is filing suit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration, saying the agency has shown "callous disregard for the well being of New England Fishermen."  Coakley says new groundfish regulations that went into effect on May 1st, failed to take into account the financial impact on fishing families and communities...