Category: AL

NOAA’S SATELLITE AND INFORMATION SERVICE WELCOMES NEW DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR Mary Ellen Kicza, an award-winning aerospace engineer and federal satellite program manager, this week became the new deputy assistant administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service, the agency announced. Kicza will help manage a wide range of operations, including oversight of NOAA’s current satellites, climate, […]

TWO MILESTONES FOR ARGO OCEAN ‘ROBOTS’: GLOBAL ARRAY 2/3 COMPLETE, 55,000th PROFILE NEAR The free-floating Argo “robot oceanographers,” a successful observation program that began in 2000 and is part of the global observing system to monitor Earth’s oceans, reached two milestones: two-thirds completion of the international global array and the collection of nearly 55,000 profiles […]

NOAA SOLICITS PUBLIC COMMENT ON RESEARCH PERMITTING PROCESS FOR STUDYING RIGHT WHALES NOAA Fisheries Service will host a series of public meetings to discuss the permitting process for research projects involving the endangered northern right whale in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The meetings will take place Nov. 3 through Jan. 19, 2006, in New […]

NTSB RELEASES FINAL REPORT ON COLLISION BETWEEN U.S. SUBMARINE AND JAPANESE FISHING VESSELWASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board today released its final report on its investigation into the collision between a U.S. Navy submarine, the USS Greeneville, and a Japanese motor vessel, the Ehime Maru. The collision resulted in the sinking of the […]

New Control Date Announced for Snapper Grouper Fisheries The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is considering management measures to further limit participation or effort in the commercial fishery for snapper grouper species (excluding wreckfish) in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. Many species in the South Atlantic snapper grouper fishery are or […]

The NCFA WEAKFISH MEETING  on Tuesday, October 11 was well attended and both Preston Pate and Louis Daniel from the Division were here. The drastic reductions in weakfish harvesting being proposed by the ASMFC were soundly rejected by the NCFA members at the meeting and the North Carolina Division head heard one voice on the […]

Hogarth Speaks at Sportfishing Summit Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization and implementation of NOAA’s Recreational Fishing Strategic Plan were on the agenda when Dr. Bill Hogarth spoke before members of the sportfishing industry on October 6. Dr. Hogarth returned for the third consecutive year as an invited speaker at the American Sportfishing Association’s annual Sportfishing Summit. His […]

New Document on Deep Coral Communities Available The first version of Profiles of Activities, Deep Coral Communities, highlighting NOAA’s research activities on deep coral communities, is now available. This is a living document that will be updated periodically to include programs across NOAA and eventually national and international partners as well. If you would like […]

Comment Period Extended for Draft HMS Plan; Advisory Panel Meeting Rescheduled Due to the extended recovery period needed for the Gulf region constituents from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the need to reschedule three public hearings, NOAA Fisheries has extended the comment period on the draft Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan and […]

HAZMAT CHALLENGES FROM HURRICANES BRING STRONG NOAA RESPONSE Among the other challenges facing responders is how to deal with numerous sunken or grounded vessels which may be carrying potential pollutants. Priority will be given to salvage efforts dealing with those posing the greatest pollution and navigational threats. Damaged Oil Tank in Breton Sound, La., NOAA […]