Month: February 2004

NOAA LEADS RESEARCH MISSION OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS UNDERWATER HABITATS

NOAA LEADS RESEARCH MISSION OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS UNDERWATER HABITATS The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) will be conducting a scientific research mission on board the NOAA ship Nancy Foster from February 22 to March 3, 2004. This joint mission with the National Park […]

COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR POSSIBLE BRIDGE-JUMPER AT THE WRIGHT MEMORIAL BRIDGE

COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR POSSIBLE BRIDGE-JUMPER AT THE WRIGHT MEMORIAL BRIDGE CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who may have jumped from the Wright Memorial Bridge early this morning. Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras received a report from the Currituck County 911 Center at 4:08 A.M. this morning […]

*UPDATE*MISSISSIPPI RIVER REMAINS CLOSED AS SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 5 MISSING CREWMEMBERS NEW ORLEANS – The Mississippi River remains closed today as the U.S. Coast Guard continues its search for five missing crewmembers after the vessel they were on sank following a collision with another boat near Pilottown, La., Saturday. The crew of the Coast Guard […]

OIL SPILL CLEANUP CONCLUDED

OIL SPILL CLEANUP CONCLUDED OILED BIRDS CLEANED AND TO BE RELEASED INTO WILD BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. – Clean up efforts for the oil spill that occurred along the Jersey shore were officially declared completed Saturday, after two weeks of assessments and cleaning, by the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Emergency Management […]

NOAA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL STUDENT CONTEST TO VISIT UNDERSEA LAB AQUARIUS IN FLORID

NOAA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL STUDENT CONTEST TO VISIT UNDERSEA LAB AQUARIUS IN FLORIDA Young divers wanting to visit NOAA’s undersea laboratory/habitat Aquarius can enter a writing contest for the opportunity to visit this one-of-a-kind facility in the Florida Keys. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “Aquarius […]

SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 5 MISSING CREWMEN

SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 5 MISSING CREWMEN NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard’s search for five missing crewmembers continues this afternoon after the boat they were on sank in the Mississippi River near Pilottown, La. Missing are: Joseph Brown, 44, of Vidor, Texas; Lawrence Glass, 65, of Mobile, Ala.; Daniel Lopez, 31, of Port Arthur, Texas; […]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams Receives Receives Outdoor

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams Receives Receives Outdoor Life Magazine’s Conservation Award for Public Service Outdoor Life magazine is awarding Director Steve Williams its prestigious Conservation Award for Public Service for his leadership in strengthening the long-standing conservation partnership between America’s sportsmen and women and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The […]

NOAA FISHERIES PROPOSES POUND NET REGULATIONS TO PROTECT SEA TURTLES IN THE VIRG

NOAA FISHERIES PROPOSES POUND NET REGULATIONS TO PROTECT SEA TURTLES IN THE VIRGINIA CHESAPEAKE BAY The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) is proposing mandatory changes to pound nets used in parts of Virginia Chesapeake Bay during the time of year when hundreds of threatened and endangered sea turtles – known to become entangled in […]

EXPLORE UNDERSEA VENTS

  NOAA WEB SITE LETS YOU EXPLORE UNDERSEA VENTS ON SUBMARINE RING OF FIREInteractive Site Combines Discovery, Science and Computer Animation Ocean science researchers and explorers have been on NOAA’s voyage of discovery to the deep-ocean hydrothermal vents of Magic Mountain – and now you can join them virtually with just a few clicks on […]

NOAA RESPONDS TO OIL SPILL IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER

  NOAA RESPONDS TO OIL SPILL IN MISSISSIPPI RIVERFreighter Collides with Tanker Near New Orleans The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is dispatching a team of scientists from its Office of Response and Restoration to a fuel oil spill that occurred last night on the Mississippi River approximately eleven miles west […]