Month: August 2004

UNC-W RECEIVES GRANT FOR COASTAL RESEARCH WASHINGTON – An ongoing coastal research project at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will receive a $2.3 million grant. The university’s Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program will receive the funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The program, federally funded since 1998, researches the chemical, […]

NOAA PACKS HURRICANE WEB SITE WITH FACTS AND HISTORY Aug. 27, 2004 — The statistical peak of the hurricane season is September 10—just two weeks away. Millions of Florida residents will not soon forget Hurricane Charley who came ashore with 145-mph winds leaving widespread destruction in its wake. Now, Hurricane Frances is churning in the […]

Coast Guard Issues Final Rule on Hull Identification Numbers Effective August 16, 2004, U.S. manufacturers of recreational boats will be allowed to display a two-character, country of origin code before the 12-character Hull Identification Number (HIN) without separating the two-character code by means of borders or on a separate label as is currently required by […]

Harsh Reality of Building or Servicing 65+’ Boats Due to growing demand for larger recreational boats, the NC boating industry has been pulled much closer to the pitfalls and harsh complexities of big business shipbuilding – even though we don’t have a shipbuilder in the state. If a business is building or servicing boats of […]

NOAA Fisheries Announces Call for Nominations to the Atlantic Billfish and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panels Advisory panel members assist NOAA Fisheries in the development of fisherymanagement plans (FMPs), FMP amendments, and regulatory amendments forAtlantic billfish and Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and sharks. Nominations are invited from all individuals and constituent groups and will be accepted […]

Public Comment on Oceana’s Deep-Sea Coral Petition Is Reopened NOAA Fisheries has received over 26,000 comments in response to its Federal Register notice of receipt of Oceana’s rulemaking petition to protect deep-sea corals. The public comment period ended August 13, 2004. Due to the high level of public interest in this matter, and in response […]

Save the Date for ‘Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries II – Focus on the Future’ Mark your calendar to save March 24-26, 2005, for the second national fisheries management conference, co-sponsored by the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils, the three Interstate Marine Fisheries Commissions, and NOAA Fisheries. The conference will be held in Washington, D.C. and […]

NOAA’s NEW GLOBAL CLIMATE FORECAST SYSTEM INCREASES CONFIDENCE THAT WEAK EL NIÑO CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING Aug. 24, 2004 — NOAA scientists are becoming increasingly confident weak El Niño conditions are developing in the tropical Pacific, based in part on a new Climate Forecast System that became operational Tuesday. The Climate Forecast System was developed at […]