FF-24-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS Preston P. Pate, Jr. Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, March 8, 2004, the harvest of sharks taken in state waters is restricted as follows: I. COMMERCIAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:A. Seasons: The possession of sharks taken for […]
Bow Mariner oil skimming successful Operations suspended for weekend of bad weather PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Oil skimming was suspended today as bad weather moved toward the site where the tanker T/V BOW MARINER exploded and sank off the Virginia coast Saturday night. Helicopter over-flights showed the oil was mostly in thin sheens on the water, […]
NOAA OBTAINS $10,000 SETTLEMENTFOR DEBRIS DUMPED IN FLORIDA KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY TO ATTRACT LOBSTERS The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has obtained a settlement in the case of two men charged with placing debris into the waters of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to attract lobsters for commercial harvest. “With this […]
FF-25-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: COMMERCIAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS Preston P. Pate, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Monday, March 8, 2004, the commercial harvest and retention of sharks taken in state waters is restricted as follows: I. COMMERCIAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: Season: A. No person engaged in commercial […]
PA-11-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: 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, Saturday, March 6, 2004. The following area in […]
LOCAL CUTTER RETURNS AFTER BIG DRUG BUSTS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Northland will return Monday at 10 a.m. to its homeport Portsmouth, Va., after 59 days on a drug enforcement patrol in the southern Caribbean Sea. Northland primarily patrolled between Jamaica and Columbia to combat illegal drug trafficking. Throughout the patrol, Northland […]
NOAA RELEASES SONAR IMAGERY OF BOW MARINER WRECK March 5, 2004  Two multi-beam sonar images taken by the NOAA ship RUDE on Thursday, March 4, of the sunken tanker BOW MARINER were authorized for release by the U.S. Coast Guard today. The images are among a suite of side-scan sonar and multi-beam images provided […]
COAST GUARD AND FBI INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE TERRORIST USE OF U.S. MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIALS WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that they have completed a 14-month investigation into national security threats and document fraud associated with U.S. merchant mariner credentials. The investigation, known as Operation Drydock, revealed nine […]
Control Date Established for the Commercial Penaeid Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region December 10, 2003 The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering whether there is a need to impose additional management measures limiting entry into the commercial penaeid shrimp fishery in the South Atlantic exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In anticipation of […]
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