Multi-Service Rescue Effort Saves Three Lives

Multi-Service Rescue Effort Saves Three Lives Atlantic City, N.J. – Coast Guard rescue teams and a Navy ship responded to a vessel taking on water this afternoon approximately 60-miles northeast of Atlantic City. The Texas, a 90-foot Motor Vessel homeported in New Bedford Mass., was transiting to Hati when they began to experience flooding. The […]

NOAA SERVES THE NATION BY IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE CHANGE

NOAA SERVES THE NATION BY IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE CHANGE May 28, 2004 — There has been a great deal of attention given to the important topic of global climate change recently. This, however, is not a new topic for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA is leading the path in gaining a […]

Comment Sought On Draft Water Quality Assessment And Impaired Waters List

Comment Sought On Draft Water Quality Assessment And Impaired Waters List RALEIGH – The N.C. Division of Water Quality is seeking comment on its draft updated assessment of waterbodies in North Carolina, including a list of impaired waters and strategies for water quality improvement. The 2004 Water Quality Assessment and Impaired Waters List is available […]

Carolina Beach Inlet Survey 5-28-04

Carolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 5-28-04 You Can Download The Corp File HERE View MY Marked up Image HERE Admin Note-I screwed up when I named the file…It says 42804…This was released 5-28-04  Carolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 5-28-04 You Can Download The Corp File HERE View MY Marked up Image HERE Admin Note-I screwed up when […]

SAFETY BOARD TO HOLD FORUM ON PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES

SAFETY BOARD TO HOLD FORUM ON PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICESWashington, D. C. -The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum to discuss mandatory wear of personal flotation devices (PFD) on recreational boats, NTSB Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners has announced. The one-day forum will begin at 9:00 am on August 25, 2004 at the NTSB […]

UPDATE ON NTSB INVESTIGATION OF BALTIMORE

UPDATE ON NTSB INVESTIGATION OF BALTIMORE WATER TAXI ACCIDENTWashington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board today released the following update of its on-going investigation into the March 6, 2004 “Lady D” water taxi accident in Baltimore, Maryland. The initial on-scene phase of the investigation was completed on Sunday, March 14. Accident ReconstructionBefore the on-scene […]

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Billfish Fishery Management Plans

Comment Period Extended for Scoping on Amendment 2 to the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Billfish Fishery Management Plans NOAA Fisheries has published an Issues/Options Paper for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) and is seeking public comment on this document. A copy can be obtained at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms. The comment period has now been extended until […]

Atlantic – Striped Bass in the Exclusive Economic Zone

Atlantic – Striped Bass in the Exclusive Economic Zone NOAA Fisheries is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in response to an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommendation to remove the moratorium on the harvest of Atlantic striped bass in the EEZ. NOAA Fisheries conducted public meetings, in November and December 2003, to determine […]