Mackerel Advisory Panel Meeting via Conference Call Scheduled for November 3, 2005The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a meeting of its King and Spanish Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) via conference call on November 3, 2005 beginning at 1:00 p.m. to address: 1) Amendment 17 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources (Mackerel) Fishery […]
Public Comment Period Open for Snapper Grouper Amendment 13C – Public Hearing Draft Available/ Public Hearings ScheduledPublic Hearing Draft – Snapper Grouper Amendment 13C (5 MB PDF) The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is soliciting public comment on Amendment 13C to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan. The amendment contains a range of management alternatives […]
Southeast Bycatch Workshop The Southeast Bycatch Workshop, originally scheduled for November 8-10, 2005, has been rescheduled to May 16-18, 2006. The Steering Committee decided to postpone the Workshop because many of the key participants in the Gulf of Mexico have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. A schedule for the workshop will be […]
NOAA ISSUES U.S. WINTER OUTLOOK UPDATEForecast for December, January and February Oct. 20, 2005  In the first of a two-part update to the U.S. Winter Outlook, NOAA meteorologists predict this winter to be warmer than the 30 year norm, yet cooler than last year. NOAA’s heating degree day forecast for December, January and February […]
MAJOR CORAL BLEACHING EVENT EXPANDS ACROSS CARIBBEAN, SEVERE IN PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDSNOAA’s New Coral Reef Watch Satellite Bleaching Alerts Aiding Managers A major coral bleaching event is underway in the Caribbean, and may result in significant coral death in much of the region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists confirmed today. Currently, […]
NOAA’S SATELLITE AND INFORMATION SERVICE WELCOMES NEW DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR Mary Ellen Kicza, an award-winning aerospace engineer and federal satellite program manager, this week became the new deputy assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service, the agency announced. Kicza will help manage a wide range of operations, including oversight of NOAA’s current satellites, climate, […]
2005 OYSTER RESTRICTIONSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Monday, November 14, 2005 mechanical harvest of oysters shall be allowed and the following restrictions will apply:I. MEANS AND METHODSMECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: 1. Oysters may be taken by mechanical methods (See General Information Section VII. E.,G. and H. […]
Strategic Habitat Area Advisory Committee Meeting The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Strategic Habitat Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, October 26 at 10 a.m. at the CMAST Building, room #305, located at 303 College Circle in Morehead City, NC. The committee will receive a presentation on DMF anadromous fish sampling to determine nursery and spawning […]
TWO MILESTONES FOR ARGO OCEAN ‘ROBOTS’: GLOBAL ARRAY 2/3 COMPLETE, 55,000th PROFILE NEAR The free-floating Argo “robot oceanographers,” a successful observation program that began in 2000 and is part of the global observing system to monitor Earth’s oceans, reached two milestones: two-thirds completion of the international global array and the collection of nearly 55,000 profiles […]
NOAA SOLICITS PUBLIC COMMENT ON RESEARCH PERMITTING PROCESS FOR STUDYING RIGHT WHALES NOAA Fisheries Service will host a series of public meetings to discuss the permitting process for research projects involving the endangered northern right whale in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The meetings will take place Nov. 3 through Jan. 19, 2006, in New […]
