Month: March 2005

UN Task Force Says Oceans Need Better Management

UN Task Force Says Oceans Need Better Management The United Nations Task Force on Environmental Sustainability (Task Force 6) says that the world’s oceans need to be better managed and has outlined strategies to ensure their sustainability, according to a report released today in New York City. Oceans cover approximately 70 percent of the earth’s […]

ALERT – Plastic Fuel Fill Grounding

ALERT – Plastic Fuel Fill Grounding Recent events have caused the boating industry to examine the policy regarding the bonding of plastic body fuel fills with metallic caps and retaining chains.  Existing USCG & ABYC policy states that the bonding of these components is voluntary.  A study by IMANNA Laboratories has shown that connecting the […]

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Atlantic Billfish

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Atlantic Billfish Advisory Panels for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Atlantic Billfish to Meet; March 21-23 in Silver Spring, MD NOAA Fisheries Service will hold a joint meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) and Billfish Advisory Panels at: Holiday Inn8777 Georgia AvenueSilver Spring, MD The intent of this […]

Proposed Rule Published for Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Plan

Proposed Rule Published for Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Plan This proposed rule would establish new management measures as part of a rebuilding plan for vermilion snapper. The allowable harvest for the first 4-year interval starting in 2005 is 1.475 million pounds, roughly a 25% reduction. Measures to accomplish this reduction include: 1) An increase in the […]

NOAA Fisheries Service Monitors Injured Right Whale

NOAA Fisheries Service Monitors Injured Right Whale  Mariners are Advised to be Alert NOAA Fisheries Service is monitoring an endangered right whale that was struck by a recreational vessel on March 10 off the coast of Georgia. The 43-foot recreational vessel was traveling from Brunswick, Georgia to Hobe Sound, Florida when it struck the right […]

Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Public Information Committee

Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Public Information Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Public Information Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Archdale Building, 14th floor Executive Conference Room, 512 Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC.The Committee will discuss five to ten measures that the Division of […]

Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee

Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee The next meeting of the Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Monday, March 28, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. The AC will meet at the C-Mast Building, Room #306 located at Carteret Community College, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC. The Committee will discuss management of shrimping in Bogue […]

North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Conservation Fund Committee

North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Conservation Fund Committee The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Conservation Fund Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Archdale Building 14th floor Executive Conference Room, Raleigh, NC.The Committee will receive an update on use of monies to […]

USCG Removes Buoys in Heavily Shoaled N.C. Inlet

USCG Removes Buoys in Heavily Shoaled N.C. Inlet ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard will remove the navigational buoys from Shallotte Inlet because the waters there ha become too shallow. The Cutter Blackberry conducted soundings of the inlet and found the movement of sand and sediment has decreased the water depth in the inlet, […]

NOAA ISSUES 2005 SPRING OUTLOOK

NOAA ISSUES 2005 SPRING OUTLOOKSouthwestern Drought Eases While Pacific Northwest Snowpack Levels Remain Low Today, NOAA unveiled the 2005 U.S. Spring Outlook for April through June. Of significance, one of the wettest winters on record has resulted in major reductions in the area and severity of drought in the Southwest and the Colorado River Basin […]