COAST GUARD GETS ANOTHER HOAX CALL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard has received another probable hoax distress call at 2 p.m. today from what they believe is the same person who called in Thursday’s hoax distress calls. The person reported that he had overheard a call for distress over a non-existent radio frequency that […]
NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service NESDIS – FY2007 Budget Request NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, also known as “NOAA Satellite and Information Service” (NESDIS) requests a total of $1,033.883 million (M) in the FY2007 President’s Budget Request. This is a $81.663M increase over the FY2006 enacted appropriation. The FY2007 request will allow […]
SERVICE SEEKS PROPOSALS FROM STATES FOR 2006 ENDANGERED SPECIES GRANTS The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is now seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories interested in acquiring land or planning for endangered species conservation. Through the fiscal year 2006 appropriation from Congress, more than $70 million is available in the Cooperative Endangered Species […]
RIGHT WHALES SEEN OFF FLORIDA GULF COASTMariners Asked to Use Caution and Keep Sharp Lookout March 2, 2006  The NOAA Fisheries Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed a mother and calf right whale pair swimming off Florida’s central west coast. Biologists tracked the whales heading south from Siesta Key to […]
USCG SUSPENDS SEARCH, SUSPECTS DISTRESS CALL A HOAX JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing boat approximately 25-miles east of Matanzas Inlet, Fla., and suspects that the call was a hoax. The Coast Guard and the Navy began searching for a boater in distress who called the Coast Guard […]
NOAA REMOVES GOLIATH GROUPER FROM SPECIES OF CONCERN LIST HARVESTING STILL PROHIBITED The NOAA Fisheries Service removed goliath grouper (formerly known as jewfish) from the species of concern list in early February because a recent status report showed a significant increase in abundance to the U.S. population segment. The report also showed the species is […]
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN CREWS ASSIST GROUNDED VESSEL ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – A fishing vessel with 3 Vietnamese crewmembers moored up safely at Morehead City State Port after running aground just off of Cape Lookout Thursday. A Coast Guard Station Fort Macon crew launched after receiving a notification call that the 72-foot fishing vessel Alexander was […]
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 closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or possess, […]
Queen Triggerfish, Bluefin Tuna records set in January Two new South Carolina marine game fish records were set this January for Queen Triggerfish and Bluefin Tuna. Marc Heiden, 41, of Florence, SC caught a 9-pound, 5.12-ounce Queen Triggerfish to claim the new state record on January 12. Heiden was bottom-fishing off the coast of Murrells […]
Shad Runs Begin in North Carolina Coastal Rivers RALEIGH, N.C. (March 2, 2006) – Although they may be nothing but big herring, hickory shad are luring more and more anglers east each year as they begin their spring spawning runs up the coastal rivers of North Carolina. Knowing where to go and how to fish […]
