WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Customers riding in First-class onboard Amtrak Acela trains traveling on the Northeast Corridor can now enjoy a refreshed food and beverage menu along with a top-quality dining experience, featuring a return to traditional and sustainable serviceware. "Amtrak continues to make customer-focused improvements, including reimagining our onboard Acela dining options in First-class with crea  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 5 (TNSOps) -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Commission's American Lobster Management Board initiated Draft Addendum XXIX to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. The Draft Addendum considers implementing electronic tracking requirements for federally-permitted vessels in the American lobster and Jonah crab fishery, with the goal of collecting high resolution spatial and tempo  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, Aug. 4 (TNSJou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: In 1842, Charles Darwin described the Belize Barrier Reef as "the most remarkable reef in the West Indies." Fast forward to 2021, only about 17 percent of live coral cover remains on fore-reefs in Belize. Overfishing, resulting in reduced grazing of algae, has long been blamed for adversely impacting this globally significant ecosystem al  more

LUHE, Germany, Aug. 6 -- Marine Ecology Progress Series, a journal that says it covers all aspects of marine ecology, fundamental and applied from the Inter-Research Science Center, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 671, No. 18 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Biological traits of benthic macrofauna show size-based differences in response to bottom trawling intensity * Benthic community composition of temperate mesophotic ecosystems (TMEs) in New Zealand: sponge do  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chairwoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today celebrated the passage of nine out of twelve government funding bills for fiscal year 2022. "After the devastation of the pandemic and decades of disinvestment, the American economy leaves behind working families, small businesses, and our communities. The bills passed by the House this   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Jackie Speier, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) Co-Chairs Congresswomen Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), and Jackie Speier (CA-14), and Vice Chairs Congresswomen Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) issued the following statement on the release of the Kaplan Hecker and Fink LLC report based on its gender equity review of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women  more