Month: December 2004

ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 15, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 284.2 mt of a possible 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 28.7 mt. Longline South: 9.8 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]

NOAA OFFERS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE ON LIONFISH, OTHER TOOLS A new educational case study on the lionfish—a venomous invasive species from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans that is found off the coast of the mid-Atlantic—is now available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department […]

NOAA FISHERIES DELAYS DECISION ON STRIPED BASS FISHING IN FEDERAL WATERS NOAA Fisheries will wait until the completion of a new striped bass stock assessment in 2005 before deciding whether to re-open federal waters in the Atlantic to striped bass fishing. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has recommended that NOAA Fisheries remove the current […]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Regulations Governing Revocationof Incidental Take PermitsThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today published in the Federal Registernew regulations covering incidental take permits issued under theEndangered Species Act.  The regulations describe circumstances in whichthe Service may revoke these permits.The Service grants incidental take permits to landowners who havevoluntarily agreed to […]

ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 14, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 282.8 mt of a possible 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 28.7 mt. Longline South: 9.8 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]

PROACTIVE PROGRAM FOR WHITE MARLIN, OTHER SPECIES OF CONCERN NOAA Fisheries Northeast Region is working on a “Proactive Conservation Program for Species of Concern.” Species of Concern are ones that NOAA has been petitioned to list as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, such as the Atlantic white marlin. The agency has determined […]

MARS IS FOUND IN SEAFLOOR SURVEY AROUND JAPANESE MINI-SUBMARINENOAA and Partners Survey “Flying Boat” Crash Sites Dec. 14, 2004 — A watery grave off the Hawaiian coast is yielding answers about World War II-era aircraft and ships. Explorer-researchers from NOAA and the University of Hawaii joined with colleagues from the National Park Service on an […]