BUYOUT PROGRAM TO REMOVE MORE HOG OPERATIONS FROM FLOODWATERS THREAT RALEIGH – Six farms in eastern North Carolina have been added as candidates for the third phase of a unique buyout program intended to close swine farms in 100-year floodplain areas devastated six years ago during Hurricane Floyd. The innovative program, the only one of […]
Senate Passes Commerce, Justice Appropriations Bill Including $4.48 Billion for NOAA: On September 15th , by a margin of 91-4, the Senate passed the FY 2006 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations (CJS) bill (HR 2862), which includes funding for NOAA. NOAA was highly-touted during the debate, and received positive recognition from Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Wednesday, September 21, 2005.All those waters closed on a temporary basis […]
Council Soliciting Input on Ecosystem Management The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council was tasked by Congress, together with the New England Council, South Atlantic Council, and the Gulf Council, to incorporate ecosystem considerations into fisheries management processes. The Mid-Atlantic Council has scheduled a series of scoping meetings to facilitate discussions with interested parties. The meetings will […]
NORTH CAROLINA PORTS RE-OPEN WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Captain of the Port for Wilmington has ordered a re-opening of the waters within the port to all vessel traffic. Both the ports at Wilmington and Morehead City, N.C., were closed prior to the arrival of Hurricane Ophelia. Immediately following the passing of Ophelia, Coast Guard Cutter […]
CoastWX.Org We are PLEASED to ANNOUNCE CoastWX.Org will be joining us here at FryingPanTower.Com. Please Welcome Robert Gilliam!! Rob ROCKS in the Weather World!! In the coming weeks you will notice some major changes to the site as we bring over Goodies from CoastWX and incorporate them into this site. You guys be sure to make […]
MID-ATLANTIC COAST GUARD PREPARING FOR OPHELIA PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard units throughout North Carolina and Virginia are making preparations for their response to Hurricane Ophelia, which is off the coast of North Carolina. Coast Guard crews are pre-positioning search and rescue, pollution response and aides to navigation assets for post storm response. The Captain […]
Atlantic Coastal States Schedule Public Hearings on Draft Addendum I to the Weakfish Plan: Public Comment Accepted until October 21, 2005Washington, DC – The Commission’s Weakfish Management Board has approved sending forward Draft Addendum I to Amendment 4 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Weakfish for public review and comment. The Draft Addendum was […]
Federal Fishery Managers to Meet in Charleston, South CarolinaSnapper and Grouper Fishermen Face Increases in RegulationsThe South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will meet September 19-23, 2005 in Charleston, South Carolina. Fishery managers will focus on management regulations affecting the snapper and grouper fishery in the South Atlantic region. The Council is developing a regulatory amendment […]
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries ManagementScoping Meetings: September 26-October 24, 2005The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold scoping meetings for stakeholder groups and interested parties “to facilitate wide-ranging discussions with affected/interested parties and the general public in nine topic areas: (1) views regarding the adequacy of current approaches for addressing ecosystem considerations, (2) the nature of […]
