TESTIMONY OF REBECCA LENT, Ph.D. DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HEARING ON H.R. 3378, the MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION ACT OF 2003 MARCH 25, 2004 Mr. Chairman and Members […]
PT-1-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: CRAB POT ESCAPE RINGS Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 2, 2004, the following area will be exempt from the escape ring requirement in crab pots until 12:01 A.M., June 15, 2004. I. AREA DEION: Newport River bounded by the […]
FF-30-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: SCUP – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 10:00 A.M. Friday, April 2, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of scup for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N Latitude): I. […]
PA-18-2004 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 effective at sunrise, Thursday, April 1, 2004, the following privately controlled shellfish bottoms as indicated below are closed to the […]
Coast Guard Revises its Chemical Drug Testing Regulations The Coast Guard is revising its chemical drug testing regulations to conform with the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) final rule concerning Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Reporting published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2003. The DOT rule consolidated the 21 different Management Information System […]
GLOUCESTER MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MAKING HOAX CALLS TO COAST GUARD BOSTON – A Gloucester man pled guilty and was found guilty March 22 for violating the N.H. criminal law, “False Public Alarm,” for knowingly communicating false distress messages to the Coast Guard last year.Everett A. Sawyer, a fisherman, made numerous false “may-day” calls on […]
Sea Turtle Protection and Conservation Sea turtles are graceful saltwater reptiles, well adapted to life in their marine world. With streamlined bodies and flipper-like limbs, they are graceful swimmers able to navigate across the oceans. When they are active, sea turtles must swim to the ocean surface to breathe every few minutes. When they are […]
DGPS service Effective April 1, 2004, the United States Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard will be coordinating DGPS service along our common border, providing all users with a seamless DGPS Service. For DGPS users transiting along the Canadian-United States border, the transition from one system to the other will be transparent. This is […]
Portsmouth Cutter Stops Over 2,000 Pounds of Drugs PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Cutter Legare working with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and the government of Nicaragua seized more than 2,400 pounds of drugs Thursday in the Caribbean Sea. Wednesday, a patrolling ICE P-3 aircraft based in Jacksonville, Fla., spotted a suspicious go-fast in the Caribbean […]
NOAA TALKS WITH STAKEHOLDERS: TELL US WHERE AND HOW TO IMPROVENational Forum in Washington, DC on April 16 The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host a national stakeholder forum on April 16 in Washington, D.C., to identify ways to improve agency programs and make them more effective and responsive. Forum […]
