Month: June 2005

UNITED STATES REITERATES ITS OPPOSITION TO SCIENTIFIC WHALING AND ASKS JAPAN NOT

UNITED STATES REITERATES ITS OPPOSITION TO SCIENTIFIC WHALING AND ASKS JAPAN NOT TO EXPAND ITS LETHAL RESEARCH PROGRAMRequest Comes Three Weeks Before International Whaling Commission Meets In Korea June 2, 2005 — The United States has asked Japan to end its program of lethal “scientific” whaling. The request comes just days before Japan is expected […]

NOAA UNVEILS â€ËÅÃ

NOAA UNVEILS ‘STORM TRACKER’ TO FOLLOW TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES June 1, 2005 — As the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway, NOAA today introduced a new way to follow specific tropical storms or hurricanes. NOAA Storm Tracker will contain live links to advisories, tracking maps and satellite images of a particular storm that is […]

NOAA ISSUES 2005 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON OUTLOOK

NOAA ISSUES 2005 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON OUTLOOKAnother Above Normal Season Expected  NOAA hurricane forecasters are predicting another above-normal hurricane season on the heels of last year’s destructive and historic hurricane season. “NOAA’s prediction for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season is for 12 to15 tropical storms, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, of which three to […]

Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee

Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday June 7, 2005 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Craven County Community College, Science Building F, Room 19, located at 800 College Court in New Bern, NC.The committee will […]

DISESTABLISHMENT CEREMONY SET FOR USCG GROUP CAPE HATTERAS

DISESTABLISHMENT CEREMONY SET FOR USCG GROUP CAPE HATTERAS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A ceremony to disestablish Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras is scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m. at the Dare County Fessenden Center, followed by the dedication of the John Homan Ball Field. Speakers for the ceremony will be Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O’Hara, Commander Fifth […]

NTSB TO RELEASE FACTUAL REPORTS ON TAKI-TOOO CAPSIZING IN OREGON

NTSB TO RELEASE FACTUAL REPORTS ON TAKI-TOOO CAPSIZING IN OREGONWASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of its continuing investigation into the capsizing of the small passenger charter fishing vessel Taki-Tooo in the Pacific Ocean near the entrance to Tillamook Bay, Oregon, the National Transportation Safety Board will open a public docket and release a series of […]

COAST GUARD UNVEILS NEWEST ASSET FOR MISSIONS

COAST GUARD UNVEILS NEWEST ASSET FOR MISSIONS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-2), Chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sub-Committee, Vice Adm. Vivien S. Crea, Commander, Atlantic Area and Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic, Rear Adm. Sally Brice O’Hara, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District and Dale P. Bennett, President, Integrated Coast Guard […]

Your Tax Dollars and NC Marine Patrol at Work

We (the Cape Fear Blue Water Fishing Club) have asked for rebuttal and/or explanation from the NC Marine Patrol.  This letter was forwarded from my club email account. Hello. Thought I would share a very unhappy experience. My wife had an emergency call from the North Carolina Marine Patrol about our 36 foot Hatteras and […]