COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED SAILOR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A crewman with a broken leg onboard a cargo ship 270 miles east of Elizabeth City, N.C., was medevaced by the Coast Guard this afternoon. Thomas Nicholson, a 50-year-old United Kingdom resident, suffered a broken leg when the five ton piece of machinery he was working on […]
COAST GUARD REGULATORY COMMISSION TO HOLD JOINT PUBLIC MEETINGS ON PROPOSED LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS FACILITIES SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) are in the process of evaluating two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import terminal proposals – one for the Oklahoma based Quoddy Bay […]
Reel Art contest winners announced A student from North Charleston recently took top honors as the overall winner in South Carolina’s 2006 Reel Art contest, a competition sponsored annually by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund, Duke Power and Trout Unlimited’s Chattooga River Chapter. Entries were judged in Columbia at […]
More Ships to Leave Ghost Fleet Two more ships are leaving the James River, headed for disposal facilities in Virginia and Maryland, in what has become a regular occurrence since the Bush Administration took over management of the nation’s ship disposal program five years ago, the U.S. Maritime Administration announced. The Howard W. Gilmore is […]
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s 2006 Guy Bradley Award Special Agent Jack Baker, a criminal investigator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement in Washington, North Carolina, and Maj. Bruce Buckson, who serves as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) coordinator for manatee law enforcement, have received the National […]
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES PUBLIC NOTICEOn March 15, 2006, the Division of Marine Fisheries re-issued a 2003 weakfish proclamation (FF-24-2006) to clarify the wording regarding the maximum amount of weakfish that could be retained in flynets and shrimp/crab trawls. To clarify that amount, the words “up to 300 pounds” and “up to 150 […]
American Scientific Societies weigh in on Endangered Species Debate This spring, it is anticipated that the U.S. Senate will consider changes to the Endangered Species Act (E.S.A.). Many of the proposed changes involve scientific issues and how science, research, and scientists advance the conservation of endangered plants and animals. Six scientific organizations developed and today […]
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEDICATES NEW HURRICANE-RESISTANT WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN KEY WEST NOAA’s National Weather Service dedicated a new, hurricane-resistant weather forecast office in Key West, Fla., today. The new facility is designed to withstand wind speeds and storm surge levels associated with a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. “Florida took a terrible beating from four […]
Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee The Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee reviewed the draft alternatives and FMP development schedule proposed by the Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT) for Amendment 10. Amendment 10 is being developed to address the need to develop a stock rebuilding plan for butterfish which was designated as overfished by NMFS in […]
Council Approves Framework 6 for Summer Flounder The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Cape May, NJ last week and approved Framework 6 for submission to the Secretary of Commerce. Framework 6 is designed to allow for the establishment of multistate regions under the conservation equivalency provision of the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black […]
