Zero Mortality Rate Goal for Marine Mammal Protection To implement the Zero Mortality Rate Goal (ZMRG) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, NOAA Fisheries has defined an “insignificance threshold” as the upper limit of mortality and serious injury to a stock of marine mammals incidental to commercial fisheries considered to be insignificant levels approaching a […]
NEW FISHERIES RULES GO INTO EFFECT AUG. 1MOREHEAD CITY – Fishermen should note that on Aug. 1 several new rules will go into effect in North Carolina coastal waters, including:· The sunrise/sunset language weekend closure rules for trawling in state waters will change to specific hours. The old rule stated trawling was prohibited from one […]
Your Input and Attendance is Requested … Public Meetings on Fish HabitatPlan Start This Week!! The NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources recently completed a draft plan to protect important fish habitats called the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan or CHPP. Chapter 9 of the plan contains 4 goals and 18 recommendations. We encourage you […]
Coast Guard Marine Safety Office detains Ambassador II in Port Canaveral JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment has issued a captain of the port order to the Sterling Casino Liner, Ambassador II, and detained the vessel in the Port of Canaveral until it is in compliance with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) requirements. […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES 2 DIVERS PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued two divers today after they were separated from their dive boat approximately 11 miles south of Panama City. The dive boat Tropical Sun reported the missing divers to the Coast Guard at approximately 9:35 a.m. while anchored near a wreck south of […]
RESEARCHERS PLAN AUGUST HUNT FOR INVASIVE LIONFISH OFF CAROLINA COAST July 16, 2004  NOAA scientists will lead a diving expedition off the North Carolina coast August 2-20 to learn more about a venomous predatory fish whose population appears to be growing in waters along Florida, North Carolina and Bermuda. The Indo-Pacific lionfish, Pterois volitans, […]
Public Hearings Scheduled for Shrimp Fishery Measures in Federal WatersThe South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is holding a series of public hearings to collect input from area fishermen and others regarding proposed measures in Amendment 6 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan. The Amendment includes options addressing: * the testing protocol and certification criteria for […]
COAST GUARD ASSISTS BOATERS TAKING ON WATER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard assisted two boaters today when their boat began taking on water approximately 3.5 miles off of Ocean City inlet, Md. Around 6:20 p.m., the Coast Guard received a cell phone call from a person on a 25-foot Mako boat saying their boat […]
STUDY DETAILS DISTRIBUTION, IMPACTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE WORLD OCEANS July 15, 2004  An international team of scientists has completed the first comprehensive study of the ocean storage of carbon dioxide derived from human activity based on a decade-long survey of global ocean carbon distributions in the 1990s. The global survey combined measurements […]
NOAA SATELLITES HELP SAVE 54 LIVES DURING SPRING 2004 July 15, 2004  NOAA satellites, capturing distress signals from land, sea and air, were key in saving 54 lives in 27 potentially deadly situations throughout the United States from April to June. For the year, NOAA satellites have helped rescue 114 lives. By comparison, this […]
