Month: March 2005

Draft Addendum II to the Atlantic Sturgeon FMP Approved for Public Comment Adden

Draft Addendum II to the Atlantic Sturgeon FMP Approved for Public Comment Addendum Explores Commercial Aquaculture in North CarolinaThe Commission’s Atlantic Sturgeon Management Board approved Draft AddendumII to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for AtlanticSturgeon for public review and comment. The Draft Addendum providesexemptions to Amendment 1 to allow a commercial aquaculture […]

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Re-Issues Dredge Schedule FY 2005

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Re-Issues Dredge Schedule FY 2005 The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers issued it’s recently updated dredge schedule for FY2005 on Thursday (3/17/05). The Currituck will be dredging Lockwood Folly from March 9th to the 16th. The Merritt will be dredging New River from April 27th to May 7th; Bogue […]

USCG TO RE-ESTABLISH BOUYS IN LOCKWOODS FOLLY INLET, N.C.

USCG TO RE-ESTABLISH BOUYS IN LOCKWOODS FOLLY INLET, N.C. ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (3/16/05) ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ The Coast Guard will begin re-establishing the navigational buoys in Lockwoods Folly Inlet Friday that were removed February due to shoaling. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers will complete dredging of Lockwoods Folly Inlet on Thursday. Following a depth survey of […]

Offshore, the Tuna Haul is Both Good and Early

Offshore, the Tuna Haul is Both Good and Early March 08, 2005 – It might seem a little early, but the offshore fishing season has gotten off to a good start on Hatteras Island. When weather permits, charter boats have been making excellent hauls of yellowfin tuna. There have even been good numbers of wahoo […]

Wildlife Commission Researches Sea Turtle Health

Wildlife Commission Researches Sea Turtle Health RALEIGH, N.C. — Research on sea turtle health is a bit of a shell game, but biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are determined to help conserve these reclusive reptiles. “The sea turtle health project is helping us establish a baseline for wild turtle health — something we […]

RED TIDE SUSPECTED IN RECENT MANATEE DEATHS

RED TIDE SUSPECTED IN RECENT MANATEE DEATHS On March 5, 2005, biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) began responding to calls about dead manatees throughout southwest Florida, an area where red tide counts have been higher than normal for several months. As animal carcasses were […]

POLICYMAKERS, SCIENTISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, FISHING INDUSTRIES TO DISCUSS PARTS

POLICYMAKERS, SCIENTISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, FISHING INDUSTRIES TO DISCUSS PARTS OF PRESIDENT BUSH’S OCEAN ACTION PLANHead of NOAA to Speak at Conference Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator will address participants at the “Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries” second conference in Washington, D.C. Lautenbacher […]

NEW EDUCATIONAL TOOL EXAMINES INFAMOUS ALASKAN OIL SPILL 16 YEARS LATER

NEW EDUCATIONAL TOOL EXAMINES INFAMOUS ALASKAN OIL SPILL 16 YEARS LATER A new educational case study describing the impacts and recovery of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound is now available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of […]

KATHERINE ANN ESCHELBACH OF CHAPEL HILL, N.C., RECEIVES THE 2005 WALTER B. JONES

KATHERINE ANN ESCHELBACH OF CHAPEL HILL, N.C., RECEIVES THE 2005 WALTER B. JONES MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COASTAL AND MARINE GRADUATE STUDY Katherine Ann Eschelbach, of Chapel Hill, N.C., has won the 2005 Walter B. Jones Memorial Award for Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study. Administered by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

NOAA RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN COASTAL AND OCEAN MANAGEMENT

NOAA RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN COASTAL AND OCEAN MANAGEMENT NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announces the 13 winners of the 2005 Walter B. Jones Memorial and NOAA Awards for Excellence in Coastal and Ocean Management. The awards recognize individuals, graduate students, state and local governments, businesses and non-governmental organizations for their outstanding contributions to […]