Public Comment Invited on Bluefin Tuna Management NOAA Fisheries Service has proposed initial 2006 fishing year specifications for the Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery to set bluefin quotas for each of the established domestic fishing categories and to set effort controls for the General category and Angling category. This action is necessary to implement recommendations of […]
NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK TO BE COMMEMORATED, CELEBRATED Washington – A little known American commemorative date is approaching on May 22. Working behind the scenes, a group of Washington, D.C., maritime industry officials hope to make this an event one the whole nation embraces. In 1933, Congress decreed May 22 as National Maritime […]
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 shellfish area temporary closure will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston 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, Sunday, February 26, 2006.All those waters in Carteret County will return to […]
INVESTIGATING OFFICER SYNOPSIS OF THE SINKING OF TUG VALOUR On January 17, 2006, the Tug VALOUR was underway towing the barge M-192 loaded with oil. The vessel was located off the Carolina Coast heading south. Some time after 9:15 p.m. the tug had a slight list to port. The tug’s Master ordered corrective action be […]
TUG VALOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard will begin a formal marine casualty investigation into the circumstances surrounding the leading to the sinking of the tug Valour, which sank 37-miles off the coast of Cape Fear, N.C., January 18, resulting in multiple loss of life. The hearings will begin Wednesday March […]
NOAA EXPANDS COASTAL STORM INLAND FLOODING PREDICTION TOOLEnhancements Bring Valuable Assistance to New England Emergency Managers NOAA’s Coastal Services Center and National Weather Service, working in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Sea Island Software, Inc., have developed an enhanced inland flooding forecast component to HURREVAC, a […]
Horseshoe Crab Board Approves Draft Addendum for Public Comment Addendum Considers Additional Harvest Reductions The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved releasing Draft Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Horseshoe Crab for public comment. The Draft Addendum proposes a number of options to reduce or eliminate harvest of horseshoe crabs of […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Friday, February 24, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the present flounder harvest period which began at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, February 15, 2006 and […]
