NOAA ISSUES U.S. WINTER OUTLOOK UPDATE

NOAA ISSUES U.S. WINTER OUTLOOK UPDATEForecast for December, January and February Oct. 20, 2005 — In the first of a two-part update to the U.S. Winter Outlook, NOAA meteorologists predict this winter to be warmer than the 30 year norm, yet cooler than last year. NOAA’s heating degree day forecast for December, January and February […]

MAJOR CORAL BLEACHING EVENT EXPANDS ACROSS CARIBBEAN, SEVERE IN PUERTO RICO AND

MAJOR CORAL BLEACHING EVENT EXPANDS ACROSS CARIBBEAN, SEVERE IN PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDSNOAA’s New Coral Reef Watch Satellite Bleaching Alerts Aiding Managers A major coral bleaching event is underway in the Caribbean, and may result in significant coral death in much of the region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists confirmed today. Currently, […]

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NOAA’S SATELLITE AND INFORMATION SERVICE WELCOMES NEW DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR Mary Ellen Kicza, an award-winning aerospace engineer and federal satellite program manager, this week became the new deputy assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service, the agency announced. Kicza will help manage a wide range of operations, including oversight of NOAA’s current satellites, climate, […]

2005 OYSTER RESTRICTIONS

2005 OYSTER RESTRICTIONSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Monday, November 14, 2005 mechanical harvest of oysters shall be allowed and the following restrictions will apply:I. MEANS AND METHODSMECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: 1. Oysters may be taken by mechanical methods (See General Information Section VII. E.,G. and H. […]

Strategic Habitat Area Advisory Committee Meeting

Strategic Habitat Area Advisory Committee Meeting The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Strategic Habitat Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, October 26 at 10 a.m. at the CMAST Building, room #305, located at 303 College Circle in Morehead City, NC. The committee will receive a presentation on DMF anadromous fish sampling to determine nursery and spawning […]

TWO MILESTONES FOR ARGO OCEAN ‘ROBOTS’: GLOBAL ARRAY 2/3 COMPLETE, 55,000th PROF

TWO MILESTONES FOR ARGO OCEAN ‘ROBOTS’: GLOBAL ARRAY 2/3 COMPLETE, 55,000th PROFILE NEAR The free-floating Argo “robot oceanographers,” a successful observation program that began in 2000 and is part of the global observing system to monitor Earth’s oceans, reached two milestones: two-thirds completion of the international global array and the collection of nearly 55,000 profiles […]

NOAA SOLICITS PUBLIC COMMENT ON RESEARCH PERMITTING PROCESS FOR STUDYING RIGHT W

NOAA SOLICITS PUBLIC COMMENT ON RESEARCH PERMITTING PROCESS FOR STUDYING RIGHT WHALES NOAA Fisheries Service will host a series of public meetings to discuss the permitting process for research projects involving the endangered northern right whale in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The meetings will take place Nov. 3 through Jan. 19, 2006, in New […]

COAST GUARD CUTTER HARRIET LANE CREWED BY CGC TAMPA RETURNS HOME

COAST GUARD CUTTER HARRIET LANE CREWED BY CGC TAMPA RETURNS HOME PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard cutter Harriet Lane will return home tomorrow afternoon following a 82-day patrol in the Caribbean under the command of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa’s crew. The crew of the Tampa became the first crew in Coast Guard history […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

PROCLAMATIONRE: 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 area will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, October 22, 2005.Newport River in Carteret County will return […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

PROCLAMATIONRE: 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, Friday, October 21, 2005.All those waters in Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, […]