Month: September 2004

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council MeetingPostponed for Pawleys Island, South CarolinaDue to the continued threat of Hurricane Jeanne to the Carolina coasts, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council has postponed its meeting scheduled for September 19 – 24, 2004 at Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Details regarding meeting rescheduling will be posted on the Council’s web […]

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Wat

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee will meet on Monday, September 27, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. at Carteret Community College located at College Circle, in the C-Mast Building, Room #305 in Morehead City, […]

NOAA ISSUES FINAL RULE IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PROGR

NOAA ISSUES FINAL RULE IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PROGRAM ACT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service published final regulations implementing the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “These regulations contain very few substantive changes from the interim final regulations that have […]

NOAA OCEAN SERVICE PROVIDES KEY BEHIND THE SCENES HURRICANE SERVICES

NOAA OCEAN SERVICE PROVIDES KEY BEHIND THE SCENES HURRICANE SERVICES Sept. 15, 2004 — While the NOAA National Weather Service continues to be the public face of NOAA during hurricane season, other offices are assisting in both the preparation for, and the recovery from each hurricane’s impact. The NOAA Ocean Service is home to several […]

N.C. Environmental Commissions Review Historic Coastal Habitat Protection Plan A

N.C. Environmental Commissions Review Historic Coastal Habitat Protection Plan At Joint Meeting In Raleigh RALEIGH – Members of North Carolina’s three main environmental commissions met Thursday to review and discuss a historic plan designed to change the way the state protects special places along the coast that are critical to the survival of flounder, oysters, […]

Updated Right Whale Recovery Plan is Available for Public Comment

Updated Right Whale Recovery Plan is Available for Public Comment NOAA Fisheries has recently updated a 1991 Recovery Plan for the North Atlantic Right Whale. Historically depleted by commercial whaling, the North Atlantic right whale population is considered highly endangered, with present numbers of approximately 300 individuals. The population is impacted both directly and indirectly […]

NOAA Fisheries Hosts Two Public Forums on Recreational Fisheries Data

NOAA Fisheries Hosts Two Public Forums on Recreational Fisheries Data NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Office (SERO) will host two Recreational Data Forums. Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Florida, and Thursday, September 23, 2004, at the Pawley Plantation, 70 Tanglewood Drive, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Dr. Roy Crabtree, SE […]

MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO OPERATING A SHIP WHILE INTOXICATED

MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO OPERATING A SHIP WHILE INTOXICATED HOUSTON – The Polish master of the merchant ship UAL Rodach who was arrested Sept. 3, was charged before a U.S. magistrate and pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a commercial motor vessel while under the influence of alcohol. Piotr Lozinski, 48, the master of the 417-foot […]

CIVIL WAR CANNONS REMOVED FROM HISTORIC USS MONITOR GUN TURRET

CIVIL WAR CANNONS REMOVED FROM HISTORIC USS MONITOR GUN TURRETMariners’ Museum, NOAA, Northrop Grumman Newport News Join in Effort The two historic 11-inch Dahlgren smooth-bore cannons from Civil War ironclad USS Monitor were carefully removed today from the vessel’s iconic gun turret where they had been shielded for more than 142 years. Conservators from The […]

Federal Fisheries Managers to Meet in Pawleys Island, SC

Federal Fisheries Managers to Meet in Pawleys Island, SCThe South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will meet September 19-24, 2004 in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. The South Atlantic Council is responsible for fisheries management off the coasts of NC, SC, GA and Florida’s East Coast in federal waters, or the Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) ranging from […]