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November 2010 (1)
11/04: Federal & Academic Scientists Return from Deep-sea Research Cruise in Gulf of Mexico [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]

October 2010 (2)
10/21: NOAA, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Audubon Nature Institute Return Sea Turtles to Gulf Waters [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
10/04: Transcript: NOAA Administrator’s Keynote Address on NOAA Science and the Gulf Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]

September 2010 (3)
09/29: Resource Restoration Planning Process Begins for BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
09/27: Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
09/07: No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]

August 2010 (1)
08/04: Federal Science Report Details Fate of Oil from BP Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]

July 2010 (7)
07/30: NOAA: Gulf’s Surface Oil Not a Threat to Southern Florida, Keys and East Coast [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/28: Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research and Response Missions [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/23: Second Federal Analysis Gives Further Clues about Location and Movement of Subsurface Oil [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/21: NOAA Releases Data Report on Air Quality Measurements Near the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Area [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/09: NOAA, U.S., Brazilian Partners Send Ship to Study Corals, Water Column for Gulf Oil Spill Response [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/08: Protecting Wild Dolphins During the Gulf Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
07/02: NOAA Models Long-Term Oil Threat to Gulf and East Coast Shoreline [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]

June 2010 (7)
06/29: NOAA, FDA, and Gulf Coast State Officials Affirm Commitment to Ensuring Safety of Gulf Coast Seafood [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/23: Administration’s Joint Analysis Group Releases First Scientific Report on Subsea Monitoring data from Gulf Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/17: NOAA Conducts Tests to Determine Fate of Whale Found Dead in Gulf of Mexico [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/14: Federal Agencies Introduce Online Mapping Tool to Track Gulf Response [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/13: Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research Missions [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/08: NOAA Deploys Additional High Powered Research Aircraft to Gulf to Help Monitor Air Quality [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
06/08: NOAA Completes Initial Analysis of Weatherbird II Water Samples [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]

May 2010 (4)
05/28: UNH Coastal Response Research Center, NOAA, EPA and Coast Guard Convene Science Meeting to Study Dispersant Use and Ecosystem Impacts of Dispersed Oil in the Gulf of Mexico [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
05/28: NOAA Assists With Multi-Agency Effort to Decontaminate Ships Passing through Oil Spill [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
05/26: NOAA, Navy Partner to Monitor Ocean Conditions Near Spill Area [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]
05/24: NOAA Baseline Sampling of Sediment, Shellfish and Water Sets Stage for BP Oil Spill Damage Assessment [ Assessment and Early Restoration , Press Release ]