ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 13, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 281.5 mt of a possible 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 29.9 mt. Longline South: 9.8 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APPROVES COASTAL HABITAT PLAN RALEIGH – A state plan to protect critical fish habitat has received final approval and can now get a jumpstart from steps the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources is prepared to take to meet some of the plan’s goals. The state’s Marine Fisheries Commission and Coastal […]
Coast Guard Recognizes Mariners for Rescue NORFOLK, Va. – Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads will present awards to six individuals who helped rescue and resuscitate a commercial fisherman who fell overboard in the Chesapeake Bay on September 9, 2004. Andrew Dickson, working as a deckhand on the fishing vessel FLOWYN, was pulled underwater […]
Wreckage of an Air Station Kodiak Rescue Helicopter ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Dec. 8, 2004) The wreckage of an Air Station Kodiak rescue helicopter is washed ashore near Skan Bay, Alaska after crashing today during a rescue attempt which involved the 738-foot vessel Selendang Ayu near Unalaska Island. All Coast Guard crewmembers aboard the aircraft were rescued […]
JOHN ‘JACK’ HAYES NAMED DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF NOAA’S OCEAN SERVICE Richard W. Spinrad, assistant administrator of NOAA’s Ocean Service has named John ‘Jack’ Hayes, director of NOAA’s National Weather Service’s Office of Science and Technology, as the new deputy assistant administrator for NOS. Hayes officially joins the ocean service on December 12, succeeding Jamie […]
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APPROVES COASTAL HABITAT PLANRALEIGH – A state plan to protect critical fish habitat has received final approval and can now get a jumpstart from steps the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources is prepared to take to meet some of the plan’s goals.The state’s Marine Fisheries Commission and Coastal Resources Commission […]
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Billfish Advisory Panel Meeting NOAA Fisheries will hold a joint meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) and Billfish Advisory Panels (AP) on March 21-23, 2005 in Silver Spring, MD. The intent of this meeting is to consider alternatives for the conservation and management of HMS.The joint AP meeting […]
Decision Postponed on Striped Bass Fishing in Federal Waters NOAA Fisheries will wait for the results of a new striped bass stock assessment in 2005 before deciding whether to re-open federal waters to striped bass fishing. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has recommended that NOAA Fisheries remove the current moratorium on the harvest of […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 09, 2004 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 16.0 mt of the remaining 107 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 28.9 mt. Longline South: 9.5 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]
