General and Angling Categories Will Not Open Until Further Notice The General Category and Angling Category bluefin tuna fisheries will NOT open on December 1. No further information regarding the season will be available prior to Friday, December 3. Please check back again on December 3 for possible further developments. General and Angling Categories Will […]
Search suspended for missing Coast Guardsman CHARLESTON, S.C. – The multi-agency search for a missing Coast Guardsman in the Savannah River was suspended at 9 p.m. tonight. Petty Officer 2nd Class Dallas Scott, 29, from Burlington, Iowa, is a damage controlman aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin, a 378-foot cutter homeported in Charleston. Scott was […]
Aquarius Aquanauts Study Chemical Warfare on Coral Reefs to Reveal Secrets of Seaweed and Fish Ecology Key Largo, Florida – The last Aquarius undersea laboratory science mission of 2004 will study how reef plants and corals use chemical defenses to ward off predators. The six-person crew is led by Deron Burkepile, Georgia Institute of Technology. […]
Greensboro, NC NDGPS Site Declared Operational On 10 November, the U.S. Coast Guard declared the NDGPS site located in Greensboro, NC “Operational”. Completion of this site marks a significant milestone in the three years cooperative effort between the State of North Carolina (Office of the Governor, NC DOT, NC Geodetic Survey, and NC A&T State […]
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ADOPTS U.S. PROPOSAL FOR SHARK FINNING BAN Sixty-three countries unanimously adopted historic and unprecedented protective measures for Atlantic sharks during the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Led by NOAA, the United States delegation pushed for and won a consensus agreement. “This agreement is what we needed […]
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Landings Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Landings As of November 18, 2004 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 251.2 mt. Harpoon category has landed 29.9 mt. Longline North: 25.6 mt. Longline South: 9.5 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is currently […]
Delaware River Oil Spill Update PHILADELPHIA– The Athos I, a 750-foot Cyprus flagged vessel, lost an estimated 30,000 gallons of heavy crude oil as it was enroute to the Citgo Facility in Paulsboro, N.J. Friday night. Two tugs were helping the tanker move to the facilities pier when it listed eight degrees to the left […]
Council to Meet December 6-10 in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will meet December 6-10, 2004 in Atlantic Beach, North 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) […]
Holly Springs’ Bass Lake is Home to 32,000-plus New Occupants HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. (Nov. 19, 2004)  Once a dry lakebed devoid of any aquatic creatures, Bass Lake now boasts more than 32,000 new occupants, thanks to the cooperative efforts of the Holly Springs Parks and Recreation Department and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Since […]
Whooping Cranes Arrive in South Carolina After a 150-Year Absence Three years after proposing to reintroduce whooping cranes (Grus americana) into historic habitat and establish a migratory flock of birds in eastern North America, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service confirms the arrival of 5 whooping cranes in South Carolina. There are now 35 migratory […]
