U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today that $649,527 in fisheries enforcement penalties will be returned to 11 individuals or businesses after an independent review of their cases concluded the NOAA enforcement program had in some instances “overstepped the bounds of propriety and fairness.” In his decision memo issued today, Secretary Locke acted on 30 […]
The Road to End Overfishing: 35 Years of Magnuson Act Assistant Administrator for Fisheries Talks about the Cornerstone of Sustainable Fisheries As we look toward Earth Day next week, I want to acknowledge and highlight the 35 th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Simply called “the Magnuson Act”, this law, its […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Closure Date for the South Atlantic Recreational Black Sea Bass Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has determined that the 2010-2011 recreational annual catch limit (ACL) of 409,000 pounds for black sea bass has been reached. As a result, the recreational sector for black sea bass in federal waters of the South Atlantic from […]
Here come catch shares: How NOAA and the Environmental Defense Fund plan to destroy North Carolina’s working watermen When my late father was 24 years old, he returned to Hatteras from Long Island, New York. He returned because the Great Depression had left him jobless and standing in a bread line. He came back home […]
Congressman Walter Jones Questions NOAA Catch Share Policy WASHINGTON — Nov. 8, 2010 – Today U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-North Carolina) sent a letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), opposing NOAA’s recently announced National Catch Share Policy and demanding answers regarding its development. Jones called the […]
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NOAA affirms catch share push in face of industry fire By Richard Gaines Staff Writer The Gloucester Daily Times Thu Nov 04, 2010, 10:44 PM EDT The Obama administration Thursday formalized its commitment to a national "catch share policy" — a system already drawing fire from fishermen, and one which NOAA’s chief administrator has said […]
Shoaling Reported in Bogue Inlet Channel EMERALD ISLE, NC – The aids to navigation in Bogue Inlet, NC, may be unreliable due to recent shoaling that is encroaching into the channel. Water depths may be less than three feet in the vicinity of buoys one and two in Bogue Inlet. These depths pose a hazard to navigation, and boaters […]
Surveys indicate shoaling in Carolina Beach Carolina Beach, NC – Mariners are advised that Carolina Beach Inlet’s Aids to Navigation may be unreliable due to recent shoaling across the channel, with depths less than 2 feet in the vicinity of Carolina Beach Inlet Buoys 1, 2 and 7. This presents a potential hazard of grounding […]
NOAAs Reponse To Oil Spill We are all watching the unfolding oil spill incident occurring in the Gulf of Mexico and are deeply concerned over the anticipated impacts this spill can have on marine life and the economies which rely on them. I want to give you a brief summary of NOAA’s and Fisheries’ full […]
