Coast Guard Preparing for July 1 Maritime Security Deadline PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard and the maritime industry are rapidly preparing for a July 1 deadline that will see vast changes to the security climate in ports, port facilities and vessels around the world. A new international code and U.S. law requires vessels […]
U.S. Consumers Eating and Paying More for Shrimp Tarpon Springs, FL- Despite the glut of low priced shrimp imports, consumer prices for shrimp haveskyrocketed since 2000. A study from Food Beat, Inc. finds prices seldom decreased for any type of consumer shrimp item between 2000 and 2003 despite the abundance of low priced shrimp. Instead, […]
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GREATER WILMINGTON KMT DAY1 Rank Wt/Pt Angler Boat Name 1 34.44 Don Wright Hammers Down 2 32.64 Michael L Sellers_Jr Squeeze Play 3 32.08 Johnathan Spencer King Casket 4 31.66 Tom Aberle Slip N Slide 5 31.54 Charles Randy Smith Got-To 6 30.44 Michael Wells Intimidator 7 30.32 Jot Owens Saltwater Insanity 8 27.86 Terry […]
NOAA INSTALLS NATION’S FIRST UNDERWATER GEODETIC MARKER:RESTORED CORAL REEF IN KEYS MAINE SANCTUARY CHOSEN AS MARKER SITE Scuba divers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration placed the nation’s first underwater geodetic marker today at a coral reef in the NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of […]
COMMERCE SECRETARY EVANS CERTIFIES ICELAND FOR ITS WHALE HUNTKeeps Japan Certified U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans today announced he certified to President Bush that Icelandic nationals are hunting whales in a manner that diminishes the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conservation program. Evans kept Japan certified for its annual whale harvest. “Iceland […]
NOAA SCIENTIST RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR WORK ON OZONE HOLE June 23, 2004  Susan Solomon, a leading atmospheric scientist at the NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory in Boulder, Colo., was awarded the 2004 Blue Planet Prize for her pioneering work in identifying the mechanism that produces the Antarctic ozone hole and contributions towards the protection of […]
Tighter Enforcement Planned for Regulations on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in Rodanthe, NCPea Island National Wildlife Refuge Manager Mike Bryant announced todaythat refuge staff will be tightening enforcement of public use regulationson the refuge, particularly on the oceanside of NC Highway 12. Severalbehaviors have become more common and problematic for the wildliferesources and refuge […]
NOAA DEACTIVATES NOAA-11 SATELLITE NOAA-11, the nation’s longest serving polar-orbiting satellite, was deactivated this week, after 15 years of capturing essential environmental data and surpassing its originally estimated life span six times over. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially shut down critical components and transmitters for the satellite, after it had circled the Earth […]
“LIGHTNING KILLS, PLAY IT SAFE”NOAA and Lightning Safety Awareness Partners Campaign to Alert Public June 18, 2004  The start of summer on June 20th marks the peak season for a deadly and yet dangerously misunderstood weather phenomenaâ€â€ÂÂÂlightning. The NOAA National Weather Service and Minnesota Twins All-Star Center Fielder Torii Hunter, along with other partners, […]
