NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES 2007 BUDGET REQUEST Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, outlined highlights of President Bush’s proposed 2007 budget for NOAA. Lautenbacher said NOAA’s request totals $3.68 billion, including program increases of $345 million. “This proposed budget is a clear indication of […]
MARINE FISHERIES ADVISORS SELECTEDMOREHEAD CITY – Marine Fisheries Commission Chairman Mac Currin has made the following selections to fill vacancies of the panel’s advisory committees: Habitat and Water Quality – Dr. Mark Brinson (Greenville), Terry Pratt (Merry Hill), Tom Ellis (Raleigh) Shellfish – Troy Alphin (Wilmington), Raymond Graham (Newport), Nelson Lee (Hobucken)Finfish – Jeff McBane […]
LOCAL COAST GUARD CUTTER RETURNS HOME *Members of the media wishing to attend the homecoming need to contact PO Krys Hannum, (757) 398-6280, for access to the Coast Guard Base PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Northland is scheduled to return home to Portsmouth Thursday at 9:30 a.m., following a 51-day fisheries patrol in […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Approves Four Nontoxic Shot TypesThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently approved four new nontoxic shot types for waterfowl and coot hunting in the United States. “The Service’s approval of these four shot types demonstrates our determination to make it easier for waterfowl hunters to comply with the restrictions on […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION SEEKS ADVISORSMorehead City – The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) is continuing look for interested individuals to fill vacancies on several of its advisory committees. A prior solicitation for interested parties was issued December 2005. Vacancies continue to exist for persons with commercial fisheries knowledge or experience on the Central Regional […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, February 8, 2006, the season for the harvest of striped bass with ocean trawls in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions will apply:I. SIZE LIMITNo person […]
MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, February 13 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the CMAST Bldg. Room 205 in Morehead City, NC. The committee will first receive MFC updates, approve minutes of two meetings, and review the handouts. They will […]
COAST GUARD TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR DOMINION BRIDGE REGULATIONS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting to provide a forum for citizens to provide comments on operation regulations for the Dominion Boulevard (U.S. 17) Bridge in Chesapeake. The meeting will be open to the public and will be held at […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES NAVY PILOT MIAMI – A crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami, Fla., rescued a Navy FA-18 pilot at 6:40 p.m. today after he was forced to eject from the aircraft five miles south of Boca Chica, Fla., today. The Navy pilot was hoisted into a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin Helicopter that […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES INDEPENDENCE, LA.-MAN, TWO CHILDREN NEW ORLEANS- A man and his two sons were lifted to safety Sunday after their boat sank in Lake Pontchartrain, forcing them to swim to shallow water and await rescue. Leon Powell of Independence, La., and his six- and eight-year-old sons left Madisonville, La., Saturday to fish and […]
