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2000s
- 2000 National Weather Service modernization is completed; doubles lead times for tornado and flash flood warnings; reduces tornado-related fatalities by 40 percent.
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Presidential Executive Order establishes NOAA's National Marine Protected Area center.
- 2001 Atlantic sea scallops are declared rebuilt following declines in the 1990s.
- 2002
- 2003 NOAA hosts the Earth Observation Summit in Washington, DC.
- 2004
- 2005
- 2005 NOAA begins expansion of U.S. tsunami detection and warning capabilities in response to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 NOAA publishes the first Fisheries Economics of the United States report, detailing the economic impacts of U.S. commercial and recreational fishing activities and fishing-related industries.
- 2007 NOAA celebrates 200 years of science, service, and stewardship by the agency and its predecessors.
- 2007 The MSA Reauthorization Act was a game-changer in fisheries management and placed the trajectory of U.S. fisheries on the path to global leadership.
- 2007
- 2008
- 2008 NOAA launches a seafood facts website; FishWatch.noaa.gov.
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2009 Dr. Jane Lubchenco becomes the first woman and the first marine ecologist to lead NOAA.
- 2009 An unmanned underwater glider successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean, opening up a new world of ocean technology.
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009