Greetings MARMAM, Today, NOAA released a final version of its Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap. As we indicated when we released the draft, this NOAA initiative is significant because it marks the agency’s first presentation of a more holistic approach to the management of ocean noise impacts. Over 90,000 responses were received during the public comment period on the draft. Many of these suggestions were used to improve the final version. We appreciate the time that many of you took to provide this valuable feedback. Growing levels of ocean noise are affecting marine animals and their habitats in complex ways. The responsibility to understand and address the impacts of human-produced noise falls across NOAA’s organizational lines and is shared among Federal agencies and management partners. Only by working together can we protect and ensure the sustainability of the living marine resources entrusted to us. The Roadmap guides NOAA towards more comprehensive and effective management of ocean noise impacts over the next decade. It articulates our goals, summarizes the status of the science to support those goals, and identifies a set of recommended actions NOAA can take to accomplish those goals. You will find the final Roadmap and a summary of the comments received and our responses to those comments posted on NOAA’s clearinghouse website cetsound.noaa.gov. Programs across NOAA will now identify the next steps they will take to achieve the Strategy’s vision. These steps will include continued and new partnerships with other federal agencies as well as with stakeholders and the public. Best regards, Jonathan Shannon *Outreach Specialist* NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources U.S. Department of Commerce Office: 301-427-8431 jonathan.shannon@noaa.gov *Webhttp://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pr/ <http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pr/>Facebookwww.facebook.com/noaafisheries <http://www.facebook.com/noaafisheries>Twitterwww.twitter.com/noaafisherie <http://www.twitter.com/noaafisheries>sYouTubewww.youtube.com/usnoaafisheriesgov <http://www.youtube.com/usnoaafisheriesgov> The views expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily reflect any position of NOAA, the Department of Commerce, or the government of the United States.*