Month: March 2006

Young Outdoor Communicatorsâ€ÃÆ

Young Outdoor Communicators’ Competition awards presented South Carolina Wildlife Magazine has awarded the winners of the 2005-2006 Young Outdoor Communicators Competition. This year’s topic was “The Importance of Water to Our Daily Lives.” “South Carolina Wildlife magazine has conducted a young writers’ competition for more than twenty years with the purpose of encouraging students to […]

COAST GUARD RESCUES KAYAKERS ON CHARLESTON HARBOR

COAST GUARD RESCUES KAYAKERS ON CHARLESTON HARBOR CHARLESTON, S.C. – Two people were rescued today after their kayak capsized approximately one-mile southwest of the Charleston Harbor Marina at about 1:20 p.m. A group of kayakers called rescue coordinators at Sector Charleston to report that John Matucis and Giulio Pertile, both from Cambridge, Mass., had gone […]

COAST GUARD SAVES GROUNDED FISHING VESSEL

COAST GUARD SAVES GROUNDED FISHING VESSEL BOSTON – A Coast Guard Station Point Allerton 47-foot motor life boat crew dewatered and towed the grounded fishing vessel Guardian from Grave’s Light to safety at Boston’s Fish Pier today. Coast Guard Sector Boston received a report that the 71-foot fishing vessel homeported in Boston, with four crewmembers […]

NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE RELEASES NECROPSY REPORT

NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE RELEASES NECROPSY REPORTCause of 2005 Marine Mammal Strandings Unclear March 30, 2006 — The NOAA Fisheries Service released necropsy results taken from stranded marine mammals off the coast of North Carolina in January 2005. Despite extensive testing, no single cause of the stranding and death of the marine mammals has been identified. […]

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Amendment 15

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Amendment 15Scoping Meetings and Comments: April 1 to June 30, 2006 The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to develop Amendment 15 to its Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in order to address a wide range of issues relating to the […]

Sea Mullet Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee (AC)

Sea Mullet Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee (AC) The Marine Fisheries Commission Sea Mullet Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee (AC) will convene on Thursday, April 6, 6 p.m. The AC will meet in Room B202, Administration Building, Craven County Community College, New Bern.The committee will receive a presentation on a description of the commercial fishery […]

Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC)

Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) The Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Monday, April 3, at 6 p.m. The AC will meet in Room 305, at the C-MAST Building, located at Carteret Community College, located at 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC. The committee will review and decide on management […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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 effective at sunrise, Monday, April 3, 2006, the following privately controlled shellfish bottoms as indicated below are closed to the harvest of oysters, clams […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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, Friday, March 31, 2006.The dredge site in Stumpy Point Bay in […]

Safety Recommendation M-06-5 through -9

Safety Recommendation M-06-5 through -9 The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following safety recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard: Revise regulations to require that passenger capacity for domestic passenger vessels be calculated based on a statistically representative average passenger weight standard that is periodically updated. (M-06-5) Identify a method for determining the maximum safe […]