Category: AL

NOAA ANNOUNCES IMPENDING LAUNCH OF GOES-N SPACECRAFTSatellite Will Detect Hurricanes, Severe Weather and Solar Disturbances June 13, 2005 — NOAA officials today announced details of a new geostationary operational environmental satellite that will launch next week. The satellite, named GOES-N, procured in cooperation with NASA, will lift off Thursday, June 23, at 6:13 p.m. (EST) […]

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Retention Limits Adjusted NOAA Fisheries Service has adjusted the Atlantic bluefin tuna General and Charter/Headboat Permit category daily retention limits for the 2005 fishing year, which begins on June 1, 2005 and ends May 31, 2006. The adjustment will allow maximum use of the General category June through August time-period subquota, and […]

Public Comments Invited on Limited Access in the Mackerel FIshery NOAA Fisheries Service is considering proposed rulemaking to control future access to the Atlantic mackerel fishery, if a management regime is developed to limit the number of participants in this fishery as part of Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management […]

NMFS ADJUSTS ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA DAILY RETENTION LIMITS NMFS adjusts the daily retention limit for the commercial General category and the recreational Charter/Headboat fishery for Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) for the 2005 fishing year. See the library for a table listing retention limits and their duration. Persons aboard a vessel issued an HMS Charter/Headboat permit […]

Leading Scientists Rank Endangered Dolphins, Porpoises Most In Need of Immediate Action Washington – Leading marine scientists for the first time have assessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for action in a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. […]

Big Rock lady anglers sets many recordsBruce Paul June 10, 2005 – The 8th annual Big Rock Lady Angler tournament began Saturday morning with two records in place and others set to follow. “This is fantastic,” said Big Rock tournament director Crystal Watters. “We topped our previous high (34) in terms of boats and have […]

BUSH ADMINISTRATION RELEASES NATIONAL OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE BILLLegislation Grants NOAA Authority to Permit Marine Aquaculture Facilities in Open Ocean Today, the Bush Administration sent its national offshore aquaculture legislation to Capitol Hill for Congressional action. The President pledged to propose this bill in the 109th Congress as part of his U.S. Ocean Action Plan, which outlines […]

RED TIDE TOXINS POSE LINGERING THREAT TO MARINE MAMMALS WILMINGTON, N.C.—New research findings have revealed that the toxins produced during Florida red tides do pose a threat to marine mammals, even after the blooms have disappeared. As reported in the June 9 issue of Nature, scientists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish […]

Pew Marine Conservation Fellows Call for International Action on Marine Protected AreasNew York, New York – Thirty-eight of the world’s foremost ocean experts issued a joint statement today urging “the nations of the world to fulfill their commitment to the future of the oceans” through active support of Marine Protected Areas. Dr. Ellen Pikitch, Executive […]

NOAA READJUSTS THE NATIONAL SPATIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM USING HIGH ACCURACY GPS DATA Beginning in June 2005, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will perform a general readjustment of the horizontal position and ellipsoidal heights in the National Spatial Reference System using high accuracy global positioning system data. The NSRS is a consistent national coordinate system […]