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 effective immediately the following privately controlled shellfish bottom as indicated below is closed to the harvest of oysters, clams and mussels: No person […]
NOAA HELPS OCEAN RACERS AVOID RIGHT WHALES Every four years the world’s oceans, including the Atlantic, play host to the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. Introduced more than 32 years ago by England’s Whitbread Company and the British Royal Naval Sailing Association, the race tests seamanship, craftsmanship, and raw-knuckle busting-hard work and endurance. This year’s competition […]
New conservation effort at upcoming Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series The South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, entering its 18th season, will feature five tournaments along the coast beginning May 3rd at Edisto Island and ending July 1 at the Charleston City Marina’s HMY/Viking MegaDock Billfishing Tournament. This year, the Governor’s Cup Advisory Board, in an […]
New regulations for seabird nesting islands The South Carolina Budget & Control Board recently entered into agreements with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), enabling the DNR to designate and establish three barrier island bird sanctuaries. The new status for Bird Key Stono, Crab Bank, and Deveaux Bank Islands will help protect nesting seabirds, […]
Mid-Atlantic Council and its Committees to Meet; May 2-4 in Virginia Beach, VA The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and its Bycatch Committee; Research Set-Aside Committee; Protected Resources Committee; Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee; Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Tilefish Committee; Ad Hoc Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Committee; Ecosystem Committee; and Executive Committee will meet May 2-4 in Virginia […]
Renewed Affirmative Finding Will Allow Yellowfin Tuna Imports from Ecuador NOAA Fisheries Service has renewed the affirmative finding for the Government of Ecuador under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This affirmative finding will allow yellowfin tuna harvested in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in compliance with the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP) by Ecuadorian-flag […]
NC COUPLE RESCUED FROM DISABLED SAILING VESSEL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard is towing an North Carolinian couple to safety after their vessel became disabled 66-miles east of Jacksonville Sunday. James Q. Brown and Nancy Willis May of New Bern, N.C., were sailing their 34-foot sailing vessel, the Chapulin, Marsh Harbor, Bahamas to Fernandina […]
RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER NEAR BUTLER ISLAND, S.C. CHARLESTON, S.C. – A man is missing after he jumped off his vessel with a friend and his dog to go for a swim in the Intra-Coastal Waterway in the vicinity of Butler Island, S.C. at about 7:40 p.m. The man, whose name is being […]
NOAA LAUNCHES FIRST SET OF ATLANTIC BASIN TSUNAMI BUOY STATIONS April 17, 2006  NOAA finished installation of five Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoy stations off the East and Gulf coasts and the Caribbean as part of the expansion of the U.S. tsunami warning system. The latest buoy station, off New Orleans, […]
Council Meeting in Virginia Beach, VA: May 2-4, 2006 The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s May 2006 meeting to be held at Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel, 36th & Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (telephone 757-425-9000), May 2-4, 2006. Below is the meeting agenda. Tuesday, May 2 8:30 – 2:00 p.m. […]
