Month: January 2005

U.S. ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR AN IMPROVED TSUNAMI DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEM Jan 14, 2005 — Plans were announced today to expand the U.S. tsunami detection and warning capabilities as a contribution of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, or GEOSS—the international effort to develop a comprehensive, sustained and integrated Earth observation system. The plan […]

Artificial Reefs Providing New Habitat for Fish Staff members from NOAA Fisheries and NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries have been working with the Navy and the U.S. Maritime Administration to help the states procure and prepare former naval ships for use as artificial reefs. Almost every state on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts has prepared a […]

Public Comments Sought on Changes to NOAA’s Civil Procedures NOAA’s Office of General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Civil Procedures. These procedures determine administrative proceedings for the assessment of civil penalties; suspension, revocation, modification or denial of permits; issuance of written warnings; and release or forfeiture […]

NOAA ACTIVATES 500TH OBSERVATION, REFERENCE STATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announces the 500th site into its National Continuously Operating Reference Station network, which spans the United States, most of its territories and a few foreign countries. Administered under the NOAA Ocean Service’s National Geodetic Survey, each CORS site features a ground-based sensor that […]

KINGFISHER THE ENTANGLED RIGHT WHALE RE-SIGHTED OFF THE GEORGIA COASTEndangered Animal Survives Entanglement, Appears Healthy Jan 13, 2005 — Kingfisher, the young male endangered North Atlantic right whale that was partially disentangled from fishing gear by a NOAA rescue team last March, was spotted off Cumberland, Ga., on Tuesday. NOAA team members and the Provincetown […]