Jim Gale New Head of Law Enforcement for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Southeast RegionJim Gale, a 12?year veteran of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, isthe new Special Agent in Charge of Law Enforcement in the Service’sSoutheast Region. Formerly the Special Agent in Charge of the Service’sDivision of Law Enforcement Operations in Washington, D.C., […]
COAST GUARD CHANGING ATLANTIC AREA COMMANDERVice Adm. retiring after 39 years of service PORTSMOUTH, Va.–A change of command and retirement ceremony is scheduled for the Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander Friday at 10 a.m. at Nauticus, the National Maritime Center, in Norfolk, Va. Coast Guard Commandant Thomas H. Collins will preside over the ceremony where […]
Public Hearings Scheduled for Shrimp Amendment 6 The 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: 1) the testing protocol and certification criteria for Bycatch Reduction […]
Dallas Harris Construction to discharge fill material Dallas Harris Construction to discharge fill material into 0.78 acres of Section 404 wetlands and waters adjacent and hydrologically connected to an unnamed tributary to Howe Creek, a tributary to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, associated with the construction of the Covil Crossing Residential Subdivision, located at the northern […]
NOAA MISSISSIPPI OFFICES PROVIDE EARLY LOOK AT GULF OF MEXICO ‘DEAD ZONE’ July 13, 2004  NOAA’s offices in Mississippi have formed a partnership to provide near-real-time data about dissolved oxygen from the seasonal hypoxic area, or “Dead Zone,” in the Gulf of Mexico. Hypoxia occurs when the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water […]
Pete Benjamin New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Field Supervisor in Raleigh, North Carolina Pete Benjamin, a 13-year veteran of the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService, is the new Field Supervisor of the Service’s Ecological ServicesField Office in Raleigh, North Carolina. Formerly Assistant FieldSupervisor of the Jacksonville, Florida Ecological Services office,Benjamin began his new duties on July 12. […]
Public Meeting Notice Notice is hereby given that the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Inland Regional Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of Transportation Highway Building Auditorium, located at 1 South Wilmington Street in Raleigh, NC.For further information, contact […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICENotice is hereby given that the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Southeast Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Cameron Auditorium, UNC Wilmington, located at 601 South College Road in Wilmington.For further information, contact Jess Hawkins, NC Division of Marine […]
Two Top Wildlife Enforcers Retire RALEIGH, N.C. (July 9)  Two of the state’s top wildlife officers have ticketed their last poacher. Col. Roger LeQuire and Maj. John Blanton have retired from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, effective June 30. The Wildlife Commission has not yet named successors in the two posts. “I feel comfortable […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Withdraws Federal Designation of Two Manatee Refuges The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced its decision to withdraw its Federal designation at two manatee refuges in Florida: the Pansy Bayou Manatee Refuge in Sarasota County and the Cocoa Beach Manatee Refuge in Brevard County. Service officials pointed out that […]
