Month: October 2004

MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS ARE CATCHING âââ€Å

MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS ARE CATCHING – AND RELEASING – MORE FISH Marine recreational anglers have been catching more fish in recent years, but they are also releasing their catch more often, according to new data included in a report by NOAA Fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department […]

NOAA AWARDS $1.9 MILLION TO THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FOR OYSTER

NOAA AWARDS $1.9 MILLION TO THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FOR OYSTER RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $1.9 million to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to support an Oyster Restoration Monitoring Program in Virginia. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will finance the restoration […]

NOAA FISHERIES SEEKS YOUR INPUT ON NEW DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN

NOAA FISHERIES SEEKS YOUR INPUT ON NEW DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN Building on the new NOAA Strategic Plan, NOAA Fisheries has drafted a new Strategic Plan to guide our stewardship activities for living marine resources over the next five years, 2005 to 2010. This draft plan has been put together as a starting point and now […]

COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR 1 AFTER HELICOPTER CRASH

COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR 1 AFTER HELICOPTER CRASH NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching today for a person missing after the helicopter he was on crashed in Choctawhatchee Bay, Fla., approximately 25 miles west of Panama City, Fla. A debris field was located in the bay and two bodies were recovered by local […]

Coast Guard cutter crew terminates voyage

Coast Guard cutter crew terminates voyage BOSTON – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Grand Isle terminated the voyage of the fishing vessel My Coll seven miles north of Provincetown, Mass., 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The fishing vessel, with two people on board, was sent back to port for a lack of survival equipment. There […]

Citizens Advised To Practice Safe Food Preparation Techniques To Prevent Foodbor

Citizens Advised To Practice Safe Food Preparation Techniques To Prevent Foodborne Illness This Fall RALEIGH – Fall is a time for football, camping trips, church homecomings and family gatherings. Although these are memorable moments, state environmental and health officials advise North Carolinians to protect themselves against foodborne illnesses like Salmonella. “In North Carolina, foodborne illness […]

Coast Guard suspends search for missing South Carolina diver

Coast Guard suspends search for missing South Carolina diver CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard suspended its searcn for a missing diver in the Ogeechee River, Ga., Monday night. Veto Bartuchie, 48, resident of Port Royal, S.C., was reported missing Sunday around 5 p.m. when he did not resurface to meet his friend waiting for […]

RECORD WETNESS IN EAST CONTRASTS WITH DRYNESS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EARLY SNOW

RECORD WETNESS IN EAST CONTRASTS WITH DRYNESS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EARLY SNOW IN ALASKA Oct. 14 — Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which battered the United States last month, were enough to break rainfall records for September in states throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast. Overall, temperature and precipitation were above average across […]

FUTURE NOAA SPACECRAFT WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA’S COASTAL WATERS

  FUTURE NOAA SPACECRAFT WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA’S COASTAL WATERS Oct. 19, 2004 — Scientists from NOAA, NASA, the Office of Naval Research and academia are looking to use data from a highly advanced imaging device—set to go onboard the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R)—to track red tides, oil spills, upwelling […]

Summary of 4-7 October Council Meeting in Ronkonkoma, NY

Summary of 4-7 October Council Meeting in Ronkonkoma, NY The public The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met in Ronkonkoma, NY from October 4 through October 7. During its meeting, it convened six of its committees, recommended dogfish management measures for the 2005/2006 fishing year, approved Amendment 2 of the Joint Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) […]