Service Seeks Public Input for Manatee Five-Year Review The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it is conducting a five-year review of the Florida manatee, which is federally-protected as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The five-year review will assess the best available scientific and commercial information to determine how the manatee […]
SEARCH FOR OVERDUE VESSEL SUSPENDED PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The search for an overdue vessel that began Monday evening in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea was suspended this morning by the Coast Guard. Beatty F. Thompson, 85, of George Town, Cayman Islands, and Bensley O. Scott, age and hometown unknown, left Pensacola, Fla., […]
NOAA AWARDS $275,000 TO TROUT UNLIMITED The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a $275,000 grant to Trout Unlimited as part of a multi-project cooperative partnership to restore coastal and river fisheries habitat throughout the coastal United States. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant supports a three-year partnership between […]
NOAA CHIEF LEADS 100 VOLUNTEERS IN RESTORING TIDAL WETLANDS OF FORT MCHENRY ON SATURDAY The director of the nation’s top science agency for oceans and the atmosphere, Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., will lead 100 volunteers from the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the annual tidal wetland restoration at historic Fort McHenry in […]
COASTAL HABITAT PROTECTION PLAN MOREHEAD CITY – Enhancing oyster restoration and reducing pollution caused by storm water runoff are among a list of actions proposed by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources to begin implementation of North Carolina’s Coastal Habitat Protection Plan. The proposed list of actions, which also includes preparing a comprehensive […]
NOAA TEACHER AT SEA PROGRAM RELEASES ITS FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK April 8, 2005  The NOAA Teacher at Sea program unveiled its first children’s book at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Dallas, Texas, where coauthors-teachers Mary Cook and Diane Stanitski and NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown Chief Boatswain-illustrator Bruce Cowden signed books by […]
NOAA OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NEW EDUCATIONAL KIT ON ESTUARY SCIENCE A new online educational product, the fourth in a series of “Discovery Kits” developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service, is now available on the Web for students and teachers. This latest kit explains the science of estuaries […]
MARINE PATROL ANNOUNCES NEW HIRES MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Marine Patrol, law enforcement branch of the state Division of Marine Fisheries, is pleased to announce the following new hires: Jonathan Hall is a new field officer working in the Hatteras / Dare County area. He graduated from Basic Law Enforcement Training in August […]
License Eligibility Review Board Notice is hereby given that the License Eligibility Review Board will meet on April 18, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the second floor conference room at the Division of Marine Fisheries building located at 3441 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC. For further information, please contact Cheryl […]
River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee The River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) will meet on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. (agenda attached). The AC will meet at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Hatchery, 1104 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC.The Committee will receive an overview of […]
