Month: September 2004

NOAA SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARI

NOAA SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARINE MAMMALS The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and scientists from various academic institutions are sponsoring a free national lecture series on marine mammals and human noise. They will hold the ninth lecture in Seattle, Wash. on Sept. […]

Research Set-Aside Program Workshop to be Held October 5, 2004 in Ronkonkoma, NY

Research Set-Aside Program Workshop to be Held October 5, 2004 in Ronkonkoma, NY The Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and NOAA Fisheries are sponsoring a workshop to discuss the Council’s Research Set-Aside Program (RSA) with particular emphasis on the development of proposals related to recreational fisheries. The workshop will be held […]

Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses Gets Senate Hearing

Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses Gets Senate Hearing “Today’s action gets us one step closer to ensuring the survival of these horses.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon Third District Congressman Walter B. Jones testified at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing about the Shackleford Banks horses at Cape Lookout National Seashore. The Senate’s Natural Parks […]

Public Hearings Scheduled for the Atlantic Mackerel Fishery

Public Hearings Scheduled for the Atlantic Mackerel FisheryA series of public hearings will be held by federal fishery managers to solicit input on management options included in Amendment 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagics (mackerels). The Amendment includes options regarding the current moratorium on the issuance of commercial king mackerel permits […]

Battle of the Beaches Fishing Tournament âââ€Å

Battle of the Beaches Fishing Tournament – October 9, 2004 All sports have their definitive tournaments. Hockey and the Stanley Cup. Tennis and the Davis Cup. Golf and the Ryder Cup. These challenges decide the greatest of all teams. Get ready anglers . . . Wilmington fishing is about to unleash its ultimate match up […]

NOAA Fisheries Announces Regional Quota Adjustments for the 2005 Atlantic Commer

NOAA Fisheries Announces Regional Quota Adjustments for the 2005 Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishery NOAA Fisheries is proposing to adjust the regional and trimester quotas for large coastal sharks and small coastal sharks based on updated landings information for the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and North Atlantic regions. The commercial shark fishery will open in […]

NOAA To Convert Navy Surveillance Ship to Explore Earth’s Largely Unknown Oceans

NOAA To Convert Navy Surveillance Ship to Explore Earth’s Largely Unknown Oceans In a formal ceremony this week, NOAA and the U.S. Navy marked the transfer of ownership of a former surveillance ship from the Navy to NOAA. The ship will be converted to a NOAA research vessel for exploring deep oceans. The transfer supports […]

Competition to Design Fishing Gear Aimed at Reducing Bycatch

Competition to Design Fishing Gear Aimed at Reducing Bycatch NOAA, along with a group of aquariums, universities and conservation organizations, is sponsoring The Smart Gear Competition, a contest to develop designs for practical, cost-effective solutions to reduce the incidental catch of sea turtles, cetaceans, fish bycatch and other non-target species in either fixed gear or […]

NC Marine Fisheries Commission Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE NC Marine Fisheries Commission Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) Washington Regional Office, […]

SEVENTH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD

NOAA REPORTS COOL SUMMER, SEVENTH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD ACROSS THE LOWER 48 STATES; RECORD NUMBER OF NAMED ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES FOR AUGUST Sept. 16, 2004 — The contiguous United States experienced its 16th coolest summer (June-August) on record and seventh coolest August, according to scientists at NOAA Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. While […]