New Safeguards for Old Corals: NOAA Approves Largest Ocean Protection Area in U.S. Atlantic
By Brad Sewell, Natural Resources Defense Council The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency today finalized important protections for more than 38,000 square miles of ancient, fragile deep-sea coral habitat off of our nation’s most populated coastline. The Frank R. Lautenberg Deep Sea Coral Protection Area will be the largest area in the U.S. Atlantic and […]