POSSIBLE NEW SPECIES OF SEA SQUIRTS DISCOVERED OFF GEORGIA COAST IN GRAY’S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY Three previously unknown sea creatures have been found at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary by Georgia Southern University scientists working there to document all the invertebrates living at the sanctuary. The sanctuary is managed by NOAA. The creatures are […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-Intercommission Review Committee (IRC) The Intercommission Review Committee (IRC) will meet in New Bern on Monday, November 22, 2004 from 10 am until 3 pm at the Brock Administration Building on the campus of Craven Community College. The IRC is composed of two members each from the Environmental Management, Coastal Resources, and Marine […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Southeast Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Southeast Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. at the Wilmington Regional Office, located at 127 Cardinal Drive Extension in Wilmington, NC.The Committee will review and discuss a proposed amendment […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Mullet FMP Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Mullet FMP Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Washington Regional Office, 943 […]
Operator Permits for the South Atlantic Rock Shrimp and Atlantic Dolphin and Wahoo Fisheries Beginning November 23, 2004, operator permit cards (operator cards) will be required for an operator of a vessel that has, or is required to have, a charter vessel/headboat or commercial vessel permit for Atlantic dolphin-wahoo. Operator cards have been required in […]
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN CASE OF NEGLIGENT PARASAIL OPERATOR TAMPA, Fla. – Representatives from the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office in Tampa will be holding a press conference at 2:00 p.m. today at Parasail City in Clearwater Beach, Fla., to discuss the results of an administrative hearing last week between the Coast Guard and Alexander Widmann, […]
COAST GUARD MEDEVACS 10-WEEK-OLD GIRL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard launched a rescue helicopter today at about 11 a.m. to Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, in an effort to save the life of a seriously ill 10-week-old girl. The girl is at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., but requires immediate treatment from […]
CRANE COLLAPSES CRUSHING BOATS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A crane collapsed this morning causing damage to two boats and spilling diesel fuel into the water in Brigantine, N.J. The crane has spilled approximately 50 to 100 gallons of diesel fuel into the St. George Thoroughfare after landing on two pleasure crafts that were moored at the […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday November 4, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the C-Mast Building, Room #305 located at Carteret Community College, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Finfish Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Washington Regional Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC.The Committee will […]
