Month: January 2004

ASMFC Approves Scup Addendum XI

ASMFC Approves Scup Addendum XI Northern States to Reduce Recreational Landings by 57% Alexandria, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved Addendum XI to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Addendum XI addresses the 2004 scup recreational fishery, establishing regional regulations. A prior addendum addressed the 2003 […]

HIGH-SCHOOLERS ASSIST COAST GUARD RESCUE

HIGH-SCHOOLERS ASSIST COAST GUARD RESCUE MIAMI – The crew of a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., searched for, and successfully located a person in the water this morning north of the Bahamas after he had been treading water for possibly 21 hours. The Polish container vessel, Pilica, was motoring eastbound […]

NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM NAMES NEW LEGAL DIRECTOR

NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM NAMES NEW LEGAL DIRECTOR The National Sea Grant College Program has named Stephanie Showalter of the University of Mississippi Law School as the new director of the Mississippi-Alabama Legal Program and the National Sea Grant Law Center. Sea Grant is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and […]

COAST GUARD CREWS BREAK THE ICE

Coast Guard Crews Break The Ice PORTSMOUTH, Va.– The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Chock motored their way through the ice-covered Tangier Sound Wednesday afternoon, bringing much needed supplies to a community cut off by the cold. The 65-foot buoy tender Chock, homeported in Portsmouth, Va., arrived at Tangier Island, Va., around 3 p.m. […]

SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS

FF-14-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: SPINY DOGFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Monday, February 2, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial spiny dogfish fishery in the Atlantic Ocean: I. TRIP LIMITS Beginning at 6:00 P.M., Monday, […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

PA-7-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, January 31, 2004. The following area in […]

STRIPED BASS SEASON â€âÃ

FF-13-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 9:00 A.M., Saturday, January 31, 2004, the season for the harvest of striped bass with ocean trawls in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions will […]

Committee Meetings Scheduled for February

Committee Meetings Scheduled for FebruaryThe South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a joint meeting of its Law Enforcement Committee and Advisory Panel on February 3 – 4, 2004 in Charleston, South Carolina. During the joint meeting, law enforcement issues affecting federal fisheries will be discussed. These topics include current enforcement efforts and future outreach […]

HIGH MARKS TO NOAAâ€ââ

SURVEY RESULTS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Results from a recent national survey of products issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service indicate that there is a high level of satisfaction among customers using weather information. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The […]