Month: April 2004

HIGH-RESOLUTION, REAL-TIME RADAR DATA NOW AVAILABLE FROM NOAA

HIGH-RESOLUTION, REAL-TIME RADAR DATA NOW AVAILABLE FROM NOAA April 13, 2004 — NOAA announced today that high-resolution radar data from the national network of Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) is now available in real time to government, university and private sector users. The data represents the highest resolution picture of what the radar system is “seeing” […]

NOAA COMPUTER SYSTEM IS

NOAA COMPUTER SYSTEM IS “FIRST STEP” TOWARD EASIER ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL DATA April 13, 2004 — NOAA is using a new computer system that is a critical “first step” in giving users faster, easier access to America’s environmental data. Last month, two NOAA sites began using the system, called the Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System […]

Proposed Regulations for Trade of Swordfish and Tuna

Proposed Regulations for Trade of Swordfish and Tuna What is the proposed rule? NOAA Fisheries proposes regulations that would require dealers who import, export, or re-export fresh or frozen bluefin tuna (BFT), southern bluefin tuna (SBFT), bigeye tuna (BET) and/or swordfish (SWO), regardless of ocean area of origin, to comply with following: hold a valid […]

Busy Holiday Weekend for Rescuers

Busy Holiday Weekend for RescuersEncourages Coast Guard to Address Boating Safety PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue crew hoisted three people to safety Sunday about 7:30 p.m. This was the third Coast Guard rescue in the region after the death of a North Carolina man Wednesday, urging the service to stress the importance of […]

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS April 06, 2004

Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS MONTHLY EDITION April 06, 2004 Click “Read More” belowNC – MYRTLE GROVE SOUND TO CASINO CREEK – BOGUE INLET – SHOALINGThere has been a report of shoaling to an approximate depth of 3 feet MLW in the vicinity of Bogue Inlet buoy 14 (LLNR 29559) and Bogue […]

Freedom to Fish Act Continues to Build Momentum on Capitol Hill

Freedom to Fish Act Continues to Build Momentum on Capitol Hill Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Senator John Breaux (D-LA) have introduced a Senate version of the Freedom to Fish Act (S.2244) to address the push to create no-fishing marine protected areas (MPAs), i.e. marine reserves, off our coasts.“There is a growing movement to […]

100,000 Page Views!

FryingPanTower.Com Breaks 100,000 Page Views! April the 11th 2004, FryingPanTower.Com broke the 100,000 page view mark.  We broke the 100 member mark today as well.  Just over 4 months old, FryingPanTower.Com was created Nov 13th 2003 and did not go LIVE until Dec. 1st 2003. WOOT WOOT! “4 months over the winter…..100,000 page views.  I can honestly […]

Coast Guard Saves Two Men Ejected from Boat

Coast Guard Saves Two Men Ejected from Boat PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two men were saved by a Coast Guard boat crew after they were ejected from their boat in Currituck County on the North River in the vicinity of the Great Bridge Albermarle Sound at about 7:30 a.m. Today. One of the men sustained a […]

EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL

EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2004 The recent upturn in Atlantic basin hurricane activity which began in 1995 is expected to continue in 2004. We anticipate an above-average number of Atlantic basin tropical cyclones and an above-average probability of U.S. hurricane landfall. (as of 2 April […]