Study on Gag Grouper Seeks Help from Commercial Fishermen During March and April The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) and NOAA Fisheries Service are conducting a life history study on gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis). Biological samples are needed during the spawning season closure in March and April. Eight fishermen will be selected to […]
Proposed 2005 Management Measures for Bluefish A new proposed rule would establish 2005 management measures for the Atlantic bluefish fishery, including state-by-state commercial quotas, a recreational harvest limit, and recreational possession limits for bluefish. The level of Total Allowable Landings proposed for 2005 is slightly lower than that of 2004. Consistent with the Mid-Atlantic Council’s […]
Save The Inlets Update LIST OF THE PANELISTS THAT ACCEPTED TO ATTEND THE 3/3/05 MEETING TO “SAVE OUR INLETS”.U. S. SENATOR-ELIZABETH DOLE (STAFFER-JANET BRADBURY)U. S. CONGRESSMAN-WALTER JONES (STAFFER)STATE SENATOR-HARRY BROWNSTATE REPRESENTATIVES-GEORGE CLEVELAND, ROBERT GRADY, RUSSELL TUCKER, JEAN PRESTON.ONLSOW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-MARTIN ARAGONA, PAUL BUCHANAN, CHAIRMAN-LIONEL MIDGETT.CARTERET CO. COMMISSONER-PAT MC ELRAFTGREG RUDOLPH-CARTERET CO. DIRECTOR OF BEACH PRESERVATIONSCOTT […]
Air Station Savannah rescues downed pilot SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah rescued a pilot this afternoon who crashed into the marsh 20 miles south of Savannah. David Johnson, 46, of Raleigh, N.C. was enroute to Hilton Head Airport for fuel when the engine on his Piper Cub quit. […]
NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR 2006 BUDGET REQUEST Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, on February 8, 2005, announced the Administration’s FY 2006 budget NOAA budget request. NOAA’s request totals $3.6 billion, an increase of six percent or $205 million over the […]
Council Meeting February 28 – March 4, 2005, Savannah, GA SAFMC Feb/March 2005 Meeting Agenda (PDF) The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will meet from February 28 – March 4, 2005 at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto, 15 East Liberty Street, Savannah, Georgia. The Council will hold a public scoping meeting on Monday, February 28, 2005 […]
Marine Safety Unit Responds to Vessel Collision BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 10) – A damaged barge is being repositioned by a tug, after a collision between the towing vessel CSS Arkansas and the 737-foot motor vessel Rodon Amarandon, at mile marker 179 on the Mississippi River. Coast Guard photograph courtesy of Air Station New Orleans […]
FISHERIES PANEL ADOPTS SOUTHERN FLOUNDER FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) has approved a fishery management plan for southern flounder at a recent business meeting, charting a recovery course for one of our state’s most valuable fisheries. MFC Chairman Jimmy Johnson was pleased with the final product. “The […]
STATE OFFICIALS SIGN HISTORIC HABITAT PROTECTION DOCUMENT MOREHEAD CITY – N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Bill Ross, joined representatives from three environmental commissions in a signing ceremony celebrating the completion of the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan. In the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act, the N.C. General Assembly directed the department to prepare […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M, Tuesday, February 15, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black […]
