NOAA EXPANDS COASTAL STORM INLAND FLOODING PREDICTION TOOLEnhancements Bring Valuable Assistance to New England Emergency Managers NOAA’s Coastal Services Center and National Weather Service, working in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Sea Island Software, Inc., have developed an enhanced inland flooding forecast component to HURREVAC, a […]
Horseshoe Crab Board Approves Draft Addendum for Public Comment Addendum Considers Additional Harvest Reductions The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved releasing Draft Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Horseshoe Crab for public comment. The Draft Addendum proposes a number of options to reduce or eliminate harvest of horseshoe crabs of […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Friday, February 24, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the present flounder harvest period which began at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, February 15, 2006 and […]
NAECO U.S. Merchant Vessel Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding – Built as the Charles M. Everest Port of Origin: Wilmington, Delaware – Launched 1918 Propulsion: Single screw – Steam driven Type: Fuel/Oil Tanker Tonnage: 5,373 Gross Tons Length: 425′ Width: 52′ Armament: Unarmed Remarks: The unarmed tanker Naeco was torpedoed mid-morning on March 23rd, 1942, while enroute […]
PROTEUS U.S. MERCHANT VESSEL Propulsion: single screw – steam turbine Type: Passenger Tonnage: 4,830 Gross Tons Length: 406 Feet Width: 50 Feet Armament: Unarmed Remarks: The Proteus collided with the U.S. tanker Cushing on the evening of August 19, 1918. While attempting to manuever around Diamond Shoals without her running lights on, the Proteus failed […]
BRITISH SPLENDOUR British Merchant Vessel Builder: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Ltd. Port of Origin: United Kingdom – Launched 1931 Propulsion: single screw – motor tanker Type: Cargo Tanker Tonnage: 7,138 – Gross Tons Length: 456′ Width: 59′ Armament: armed and escorted Owner History: British Tanker Co., London Remarks: Moving north just off the Carolina […]
The 2006 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament names their chosen charities for the upcoming 48th Annual tournament held this June 10-7 2006.The Big Rock is the largest non-profit tournament of its kind in the United States giving at least $100,000 each year to deserving organizations. “We know that some organizations would not exist without our […]
Mussel Survey in Roanoke River Yields Positive Results RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 22, 2006)  It’s tough being a mussel  particularly one living in the Roanoke River in Halifax County. Ever since a dam altered the river’s flow in 1963, water has bypassed a significant portion of the original river channel, leaving a river bed […]
SEARCH FOR MISSING MARINER UPDATE ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the 35-foot Carolina Classic Sportfisher that resulted in the deaths of Sam Puleo and Jim Surfice, near Oriental, N.C., on Friday, February 10, 2006.The vessel was partially raised and […]
