ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 28 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment will be peer-reviewed on August 10-14, 2020 via webinar. The assessment will evaluate the status of American lobster stocks along the U.S. Atlantic coast and inform the management of this species. The peer review is open to the public, except for discussion of confidential commercial landi  more

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, July 30 -- The Computing Technology Industry Association issued the following letter: The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading association for the global information technology (IT) industry, joined a multi-association letter supporting H.R. 7665, a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that directs the United States Trade Representative to extend current product exclusions from the Section 301 China tariffs for at least one year. * *  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine's seafood sector has already experienced severe financial harm due to COVID-19-related disruptions, and the decline in New England's herring population in recent years indicates that this fishery is in a particularly volatile state. To provide disaster assistance for this struggling industry, U.S. Senator Susan Collins sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in support of Governor Janet M  more

POKFULAM, Hong Kong, July 28 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: The "Lobster-Eye X-ray Satellite" was successfully launched on July 25 (Saturday) into orbit at the Taiyuan Launch Center with the first signal received, riding the Long March 4B lift rocket. The "Lobster-Eye X-ray Satellite" is co-led by Nanjing University (NJU), the Laboratory for Space Research (LSR) of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), the 508 Institute of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Sci  more