Newsmaker of the year: In the eye of the storm.

The article reports on the advocacy of marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco toward the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which affected the dolphin communities in there as well as the revolution of the U.S. ocean management. The author emphasizes the stand of Lubchenco toward the need of people to speak out issues of public importance, the environmental problem, such as dwindling fish stocks. He notes the activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationo (NOAA) toward the spill.