Group Ends Rule Keeping Fishermen at SeaPORTSMOUTH, N.H. – More than a month after five Massachusetts fishermen were lost at sea, fisheries regulators voted Tuesday to end a rule that critics said pressured boat crews to stay out in bad weather. The New England Fishery Management Council decided to scuttle a rule that penalized scallopers […]
GAG STUDY SEEKS COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN MARCH and APRIL 2005The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service) are conducting a life history study on gag (“grayâ€ÂÂÂÂ) grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis). Samples are needed for March and April (the spawning season closure). We are seeking eight fishermen to help provide […]
U.S. COAST GUARD SEIZES 950K OF COCAINE IN MULTI-AGENCY OPERATION SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico H.S. Garcia, U.S., Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico; Capt. Douglas Rudolph, Commander, Sector San Juan, United States Coast Guard (USCG); Roberto G. Medina, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Jerome Harris, Special Agent in Charge, […]
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, unveiled President Bush’s proposed FY 2006 budget for the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA’s request totals $3.6 billion, an increase of six percent or $205 […]
NOAA ISSUES RESEARCH PLAN, VISION TO GUIDE FUTURE STUDIES NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued two documents to guide the long and short-term direction of its research. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “We now have a five year plan and a 20 year vision to ensure NOAA’s research […]
ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES Table of Contents 50 CFRSubpart D Restrictions on Imports Sec. 635.46 Import requirements for swordfish. (a) General. To facilitate enforcement of domestic regulations, a swordfish, or part thereof, less than the minimum size specified at Sec. 635.20(e) may not be imported, or attempted to be imported, into the United States unless […]
Letters to Members of the North Carolina Delegation Rep. John J Duncan Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure-Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee; and Rep. David L. Hobson, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations-Energy & Water Development Subcommittee:As state senators representing North Carolina’s coastal communities, we appreciate this opportunity to share our strong […]
Letter from New Hanover County Commissioners February 7, 2005 The Honorable Richard Burr United States Senate 120 Russell SOB Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Burr, We strongly urge Congress, as specified in the attached February 7, 2005 County Resolution, to include full funding for shallow inlet maintenance in the U. S. Corps of Engineers budget […]
RESOLUTION OF THE NEW HANVOER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WHEREAS, the United States Coast Guard plans to remove entire buoy systems from four dangerously shoaled inlets along the North Carolina Coast including Carolina Beach Inlet; and WHEREAS, there is no dredging of the Carolina Beach Inlet scheduled this fiscal year and the proposed budget of […]
USCG SEARCHED PEOPLE IN THE WATER OFF ASSATEAGUE BEACH OCEAN CITY, Md. – Coast Guard, Maryland Natural Resources Police, and Assateague National Park Rangers searched for possible people in the water off Assateague Beach today. Coast Guard Station Ocean City received notification from Maryland Natural Resources Police dispatch of an overturned vehicle in the surf […]
