News & Events
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Recent News and Events
- October 24th, 2024
Blog: Don’t Cage Our Oceans: The Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit for Commercial Finfish Aquaculture Found to be Unlawful -
In 2022, Don’t Cage Our Oceans and other nonprofit organizations groups (collectively “DCOO”) sued the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) for its issuance of Nationwide Permit 56 (“NWP 56”), which authorized the installation of finfish aquaculture structures within oceans around the country.
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- October 22nd, 2024
Webinar: Aquaculture Policy Project Kick Off Webinar (12/12/24 at 3PM EST) -
The National Sea Grant Law Center and its partner researchers at Florida State University have received funding for a workshop series to bring together state marine aquaculture managers, select federal partners, and other policy experts to identify best practices in state aquaculture policy, discuss barriers to adoption, and develop tools to support policy transfer among states.
Learn more and register for the December 12, 2024 (3pm EST) webinar.
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- October 21st, 2024
October 2024 Issue of The SandBar Published 
The October 2024 (volume 23:4) issue of The SandBar has been published. The lead story is "The End of Chevron Deference".
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- October 9th, 2024
Blog: Environmental Groups Petition EPA to End North Carolina’s NPDES Program -
On August 28, 2024, Cape Fear River Watch, along with other non-profit public interest organizations, submitted a petition to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under 40 C.F.R. § 123.64(b) (2024).
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- September 24th, 2024
Blog: West Hawaii’s Coastline Reopens to Aquarium Fish Collection After Court Ruling -
In a decisive ruling, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled 4-1 to allow commercial aquarium fish collection to resume along the West Hawaii shoreline. This area, known as the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area, had been at the center of a legal battle over the environmental effects of the aquarium fish trade.
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- August 19th, 2024
Blog: Youth and the State of Hawaiʻi Agree: More Climate Action Needed -
On June 20, 2024, youth plaintiffs and the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) reached a historic settlement agreement in Navahine F. v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation that requires HDOT to enact various initiatives to significantly decarbonize the transportation sector.
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- August 8th, 2024
Blog: NSGLC Hiring Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow -
The National Sea Grant Law Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law is seeking applications for its Ocean and Coastal Law Fellowship Program. The objective of the fellowship is to further the Fellow’s education and career development in ocean and coastal law through participation in the Law Center’s programs and activities.
