March Meeting Followup: Mackerel and Shrimp Management Issues Moving ForwardDuring its March meeting in St. Simons Island, Georgia, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council set priorities for proposed management options affecting mackerel, shrimp, and snapper/grouper fisheries in federal waters in the south Atlantic region. These management measures include continuing the permit moratorium for king mackerel, […]
SF-4-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: 2004 OYSTER SEASON Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the oyster harvest season for commercial purposes WILL CLOSE STATEWIDE effective 6:30 P.M., Wednesday, March 31, 2004. The following restrictions will apply to the oyster hand fishery in Brunswick County only: BRUNSWICK COUNTY Effective at 6:30 P.M., […]
FDA and EPA Announce the Revised Consumer Advisory on Methylmercury in FishWASHINGTON, March 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today their joint consumer advisory on methylmercury in fish and shellfish for reducing the exposure to high levels of mercury in women who may become […]
North Atlantic Right Whales and Ship Strikes off the U.S. East Coast Problem: NOAA Fisheries has confirmed some 292 ship strikes on large whales (1975 to 2002), including 38 on North Atlantic right whales. These whales seem particularly susceptible, since they swim slowly, spend considerable time at the surface, and apparently take little or no […]
US Tanker NAECO See Today in History at the Bottom of the page. SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS MINIMUM RADIUS OF 300M IS REQUIRED ABOUT THE TWO POSITIONS ìPROVIDED IN F00149WD BELOW. HISTORY F00052WD/43-44–NAECO (BOW), SUB WRECK REPORTED WITH 87FT LD, IN ì125FT OF WATER, POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 34/00/42N, LONG 76/39/36W (NAD27). NM36/45(4193A)–9/8/45; WRECK WITH […]
NOAA ISSUES 2004 U.S. SPRING OUTLOOK; DROUGHT CONCERNS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE WEST, LOWERED RISK OF FLOODING ACROSS COUNTRY March 19, 2004  Following a highly variable winter, scientists from the NOAA National Weather Service expect drought concerns to continue in parts of the West, while less snow and warmer conditions in the upper […]
U.S. COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO SHIP COLLISION IN HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a collision that occurred today when a tanker and a tug pushing two barges collided in the Houston Ship Channel. U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Houston was notified at about 2:15 p.m. that […]
WANTED CRIME BOSS NABBED ON HIGH SEAS MIAMI – The Coast Guard apprehened Jose Miguel Battle, Jr., also known as “El Padrino,” and suspected leader of the organized crime outfit, “The Corporation,” while he was on board the cruise ship Celebrity Summit in the central Carribbean at approximately 4:30 this morning. The U.S. Department of […]
Endangered Northern Right Whale Entangled in Net JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Coast Guard, NOAA Fisheries and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission members combined forces and resources in an attempt to disentangle a juvenile Northern Right Whale caught in a fishing net 60 miles east of Mayport, Friday. NOAA Fisheries notified the Coast Guard late Thursday that […]
FISHERMAN PENALIZED FOR MULTIPLE FISHING VIOLATIONS NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) announced today that Ronald Ringen, the owner and operator of the FV Survivor, has been issued a $96,750 Notice of Violation and Assessment (NOVA) for multiple violations of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management […]
