COAST GUARD TO REMOVE BUOYS IN BOGUE INLET PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to remove the navigational buoys from Bogue Inlet by April 20 because the inlet has become too shallow for buoy tenders to safely operate. The movement of sand and sediment has decreased the water depth in the inlet, and […]
MEETINGS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL PAMLICO SOUND GILLNET RESTRICTIONSMOREHEAD CITY – Staff from the Division of Marine Fisheries will hold public meetings to discuss possible management changes in the fall flounder gillnet fishery throughout the Pamlico Sound Gillnet Restricted Area to reduce interactions with sea turtles.Meetings will be held at the following locations:Friday, April 22 at […]
LOCAL CUTTER RETURNS HOME PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to return today at 5:30 p.m. following a 42-day patrol in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. During the patrol, Tampa crewmembers performed many of the Coast Guard’s missions, including drug interdiction, search and rescue, as well as verifying safety […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET APRIL 20 -22, 2005Morehead City – The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet April 20 – 22 at the Clarion Oceanfront Hotel in Kill Devil Hills, NC. The meeting is open to the public.On April 20, a public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. where the public is invited to comment […]
The Conservation Fund and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announce theAcquisition of 6,000 Acres for Catahoula National Wildlife RefugeLouisiana Wildlife, Sportsmen To Benefit From Wal-Mart Acres for AmericaProgramAlexandria, LA (April 12, 2005) – The Conservation Fund and a coalition ofpublic and private partners announced today the acquisition of more than6,000 acres for the Catahoula National […]
LOCAL COAST GUARD UNIT COORDINATES SEARCH ACROSS SOUTHERN WATERS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Portsmouth-based Coast Guard unit is coordinating search efforts for an overdue vessel in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Norfolk was notified Monday night of the overdue 38-foot sport fisher with two men aboard, which departed Pensacola, […]
LOCAL CUTTER RETURNS HOME PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa is scheduled to return today at 5:30 p.m. following a 42-day patrol in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. During the patrol, Tampa crewmembers performed many of the Coast Guard’s missions, including drug interdiction, search and rescue, as well as verifying safety […]
NOAA MAKES FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PROJECTSGrants Will Support Broad Range Of Educational Programs For the first time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is soliciting applications that support its strategic cross-cutting priority of promoting environmental literacy. As a global leader in oceanic and atmospheric sciences, NOAA has a responsibility to improve public understanding […]
NOAA COLLABORATIVE STUDY REVEALS CRITICAL DISCOVERY RELATED TO HARMFUL ALGAL TOXINS Published in Nature magazine, a new collaborative study conducted in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals the molecular basis for resistance and accumulation of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) in softshell clams. This collaborative study, supported by grants from NOAA’s Ecology and […]
NOAA ORGANIC ACT SENT TO CONGRESS The Bush Administration has sent a bill to Congress that codifies the establishment and purposes of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Announcement of the action was made Tuesday at the inaugural meeting of the Cabinet-level Committee on Ocean Policy. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, a member of […]
