Just in: NOAA is seeking public comment on potentially designating a new national marine sanctuary in Hudson Canyon off the coast of New York & New Jersey. Hudson Canyon is the largest underwater canyon along the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Details:
, NOAA and other federal agencies are pursuing a holistic approach to curbing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience to climate change and its impacts, including by conserving and restoring ocean and coastal ecosystems. This action is consistent with that approach, including by seeking to expand the National Marine Sanctuary System as one recommendation of the Administration’s“A sanctuary near one of the most densely populated areas of the Northeast U.S.
A pair of mating deep-sea red crabs rests on a ledge of a canyon wall in Hudson Canyon off the coast of New York and New Jersey.