Month: March 2005

NOAA’s NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNOUNCES FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK: MARCH 21-

NOAA’s NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNOUNCES FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK: MARCH 21-25, 2005 March 18, 2005 — The NOAA National Weather Service will host the first annual Flood Safety Awareness Week from March 21-25, 2005, to raise public attention to the dangers of flooding and ways to protect life and property. “No state or territory is […]

NOAA, NASA ANNOUNCE NEW RELATIONSHIP TO ACQUIRE ADVANCED GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE

NOAA, NASA ANNOUNCE NEW RELATIONSHIP TO ACQUIRE ADVANCED GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES March 22, 2005 — NOAA announced its acquisition management strategy for the upcoming Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Program. NOAA will be responsible for the GOES-R mission and will partner with NASA to achieve mission objectives. NASA, at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will […]

Council to Develop Framework to Allow Multi-State Recreational Harvest Limits fo

Council to Develop Framework to Allow Multi-State Recreational Harvest Limits for Summer Flounder The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Kill Devil Hills, NC last week and voted to initiate Framework 6 to its Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This framework is intended to be compatible with the […]

Inland Regional Advisory Committee

Inland Regional Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Inland Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Archdale Building Ground Floor Hearing Room, 512 Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC.Members of the Committee have asked to discuss the effectiveness […]

FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MARCH 30

FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MARCH 30MOREHEAD CITY – The Division of Marine Fisheries License Offices in Wilmington, Washington, Columbia, Elizabeth City, and Wanchese will be temporarily closed on Wednesday, March 30 so staff may attend a training workshop in Morehead City.The offices will reopen on March 31. Fisheries License offices will remain open […]

FLOUNDER – ALL WATERS

FF-19-2005PROCLAMATIONRE: FLOUNDER – ALL WATERSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, April 1, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of flounder: I. MINIMUM SIZE LIMITA. It is unlawful to possess flounder less than 14 inches total length as part of a commercial […]

RIVER HERRING

FF-20-2005PROCLAMATIONRE: RIVER HERRINGPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2005 the following restrictions will apply to the river herring fishery in the Albemarle Sound Herring Management Area and the Chowan River Herring Management AreaI. SEASON CLOSURENo person or fishing operation may take, possess, […]

GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA

M-3-2005PROCLAMATIONRE: GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 23, 2005 the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA.I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management Area as described in Marine […]

FF-21-2005 STRIPED BASS SEASON

FF-21-2005 STRIPED BASS SEASONPROCLAMATIONRE: STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS OF CARTERET, CRAVEN, BEAUFORT, AND PAMLICO COUNTIES, PUNGO RIVER, WEST BAY AND PAMLICO SOUNDPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Thursday, March 24, 2005, the striped bass season WILL CLOSE in […]

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Initial BFT Quotas and Effort Controls for 2005

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Initial BFT Quotas and Effort Controls for 2005 Based on the 2002 quota recommended for the United States by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas (ICCAT), 2004 fishing year underharvests/overharvests, and the unused portion of the dead discard allowance, NOAA Fisheries proposes for the 2005 fishing year the quotas […]