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, Wednesday, November 30, 2005.All those waters in Carteret County will return […]
MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in Room 305 in the C-Mast Building, located at Carteret Community College.The committee will complete a final of the draft version of the introduction and fact-finding portion […]
UPDATE – THIRD CARGO TANK DAMAGED, LEAKING OIL PORT ARTHUR, Texas – Divers completed the damage assessment of the capsized barge today, which revealed that a third cargo tank has breached. The number one port cargo tank hatch was damage sometime after the double-hulled tank barge DBL 152 capsized on Nov. 14. The cargo tank […]
SALVAGE AND CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS RESUME PORT ARTHUR, Texas – Salvage and clean-up operations resumed yesterday after rough weather that moved into the area Tuesday had suspended all operations. Divers surveyed the barge Saturday evening and discovered a 2.5-foot by 8-foot hole in the top of the number 3 starboard cargo tank. The number 3 starboard […]
NOAA Seeking Nominations for Stewardship & Sustainability Awards; Deadline Jan 10 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has established the Stewardship & Sustainability Awards to recognize outstanding performance, achievements and leadership by industries, organizations and individuals that promote best stewardship practices for the sustainable use of living marine resources and foster a stewardship ethic […]
BARGE RUNS AGROUND IN UPPER JAMES RIVER PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A barge transporting approximately 1.26 million gallons of liquid asphalt ran aground in the Upper James River about five miles south of Richmond, Va. The Piney Point, a 250-foot barge was being pushed by the tug Barbary Coast, when the vessel ran aground in the […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 11/23/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category has landed 163.5 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category closed at: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt. Longline North: 20.6 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
FINAL REPORT ON COSTS, BENEFITS, AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES RELATED TO MAINTAINING NORTH CAROLINAS SHALLOW DRAFT NAVIGATION CHANNELS SUMMARY OF FINDINGS The key findings with regard to the costs, benefits, and management issues related to maintaining North Carolina s shallow draft navigation channels are: Over the last 30 years, over 800 dredging projects and 100 million […]
U.S. FISHERIES CHIEF, WILLIAM HOGARTH, ELECTED TO CHAIR INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION Seville, Spain – Member nations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas have elected William T. Hogarth, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service, to serve as commission chairman. The election took place at the commission’s annual meeting […]
NOAA OFFERS NEW EDUCATIONAL DISCOVERY KIT ON NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION A new online educational product, The Nonpoint Source Pollution Discovery Kit, is now available online. The kit explains the history of pollution, the differences between point and nonpoint source pollution, types of pollutants, and how scientists monitor, assess and control nonpoint source pollution. This online […]
