HEARING THE WHALES: NOAA TRACKS WHALE CALLS OVER LARGE DISTANCES NOAA researchers and their partners have developed passive listening devices designed to record the calls of the Earth’s great whales. These moored autonomous hydrophones record sounds in the water, but do not actively emit sounds themselves. The new technology can be applied world-wide to investigate […]
The Recreational Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery Remains Open Persons aboard Angling and Charter/headboat vessels fishing recreationally may retain 1 bluefin tuna per vessel per day/trip, measuring 47 inches to less than 73 inches. All bluefin landed MUST be reported within 24 hours of landing to the www.nmfspermits.com website or by calling 888-872-8862 or, if landed […]
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Approves Draft Addendum XVIII for Public Comment (Revises January 24, 2006 Release with the inclusion of information on the North Carolina public hearing) Washington, DC – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board has approved Draft Addendum XVIII to the Summer Flounder Fishery […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES EXPANDED CORAL WARNING SYSTEMMeets International Partnership Goal of President’s Ocean Action Plan NOAA today announced that it will expand regional coverage for the NOAA Coral Reef Watch Satellite Bleaching Alert monitoring system from six Caribbean sites to a total of 24 sites throughout the U.S. and international Caribbean. This is one of President […]
NOAA SAYS LA NIÑA HERE AS PREDICTEDExpect Northwest Storminess and More Drought in South/Southwest Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center announced the official return of La Niña. Agency forecasters predicted La Niña was forming nearly three weeks ago. Oceanic sea surface temperatures have met the operational definition of La Niña for […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES FORECASTS OF ENTIRE ATLANTIC BASINNew System Gives Unprecedented Forecasts of Earth’s Second Largest Ocean NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center, Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch, has implemented a new revolutionary Real-Time Ocean Forecast System that will provide mariners with “nowcasts” and five-day forecasts for the entire North Atlantic Ocean. The Real-Time Ocean Forecast System generates […]
COAST GUARDSMEN RECEIVE AWARDS FOR ACTIONS IN IRAQ PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Members of a Coast Guard team will receive medals today for their actions in Iraq. The Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment (RAID) was the furthest deployed Coast Guard unit in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They conducted hazardous materials field training and inspections with Navy […]
RIVER HERRING Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, February 5, 2006, the river herring season shall open and the following restrictions shall apply to the harvest:I. SEASONA. The river herring season in all Coastal and Joint waters areas, excluding the Albemarle Sound Herring Management […]
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULE – RIVER HERRINGPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Sunday, February 5, 2006, the following shall apply to North Carolina Fisheries Rules for North Carolina Waters:1. North Carolina Fisheries Rules for Coastal Waters 15A NCAC 3M .0513 is modified by the suspension of […]
GENERAL CATEGORY ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY CLOSURE REMINDER The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has determined via the implementing regulations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS), located at 50 CFR § 635.27, that the 2005 General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) season (June 1, 2005 – January 31, 2006) will close on January 31, […]
