COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL TAKING ON WATER OFF CHARLOTTE HARBOR ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Crews from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and the Coast Guard Cutter Marlin responded this afternoon as the Placida Queen, a 68-foot fishing vessel with 24 people on board began […]
NOAA SATELLITES PLAY KEY ROLE IN 260 RESCUES IN 2004More People Purchasing Emergency Beacons NOAA satellites played a key role in rescuing 260 people throughout the United States and its surrounding waters from potentially life-threatening emergencies in 2004. This number of rescues is an increase from the 224 lives saved in 2003. NOAA’s polar-orbiting and […]
NOAA POSTS NEW UPDATES TO JACKSONVILLE NAUTICAL CHARTSafe Navigation Important to Super Bowl XXXIX Visitors In preparation for the 2005 Super Bowl, NOAA has released a newly updated chart of the Jacksonville, Fla. port area. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, made the updates to the Jacksonville nautical chart a high priority in order […]
N.C. DENR Protects North Carolina’s Valuable Coastal ResourcesThe North Carolina coast is home to a variety of fish and shellfish, largely because the state has such a great diversity of natural habitats where those animals feed, spawn and grow. Whether it is a freshwater swamp, a salt marsh or a mud flat, these habitats all […]
Council to Develop Controlled Access System for MackerelThe Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Hampton, VA last week to review the status of Amendment 9 to its Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan; comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’ (NMFS) proposed rule regarding the incidental take of bottlenose dolphin and sea […]
National Weather Service Director Testifies at House Science Committee Tsunami Warning Hearing The Assistant Administrator for Weather Services BG David L. Johnson, USAF (Ret.) testified on the NOAA tsunami warning system before a House Science Committee (Chair Sherwood Boehlert, R-NY) January 26 th hearing. In his statement he described the NOAA tsunami warning centers in […]
Onslow Bay Saltwater Fishing Club Swansboro, N.C. 1/31/05, 3:00 PM.The Onslow Bay Saltwater Fishing Club home based in Swansboro, NC. is sponsoring a Swansboro/Bogue Inlet Town Meeting on Thursday, March 3rd, 7:00 PM at the Rotary Civic Center on Rte. 24, Swansboro, NC.The meeting is being held to advise elected officials of the lack of […]
