July 6, 2023 — Things can move fast at sea — even the wheels of bureaucracy.
The newly established advisory council for proposed Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary will hold its first meeting on July 13.
The step means that federal protections for a key marine habitat and resource are closer than ever to becoming a reality.
In June of 2022, NOAA announced it was launching the designation process to name the Hudson Canyon as a National Marine Sanctuary.
The Hudson Canyon is located offshore about 100 miles southeast of the Statue of Liberty. The undersea geographic formation is the largest canyon off the Atlantic Coast of the U.S. and one of the largest submarine canyons in the world.