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Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
April 30, 2009
CONTACT:
Shannon Ricles
757-869-1370
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council to Hold Public Meeting in North Carolina
The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council will hold a public meeting May
19, 2009, at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras, N.C. The meeting will begin at
10:00 a.m. with a public comment period at 11:30 a.m. NOAA’s Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries manages the sanctuary.
“Sanctuary advisory councils have proven to be an invaluable source of advice and input
by members of the community,” said David Alberg, Monitor sanctuary superintendent.
The advisory council consists of 14 members, including five government seats
representing the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, National Park Service, North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources, and Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
The council also has nine non-government seats representing sanctuary constituent
groups including recreational diving, commercial/recreational fishing, archaeological research,
conservation, heritage tourism, maritime museums, The Mariners’ Museum, education and the
general public.
Meeting agendas can be downloaded from the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Web
site. For further information please contact Shannon Ricles, Education
and Outreach Coordinator, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 100 Museum Drive, Newport
News, VA 23606. Ricles may also be reached by e-mail at shannon.ricles@noaa.gov and by
phone at 757-591-7328 or at 757-869-1370.
The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary was designated in 1975 to protect the wreck of
the famed Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, which sank during a storm 16 miles off Cape
Hatteras, N.C. in 1862.
NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources. Visit http://www.noaa.gov.
On the Internet:
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
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