RED TIDE SUSPECTED IN RECENT MANATEE DEATHS On March 5, 2005, biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) began responding to calls about dead manatees throughout southwest Florida, an area where red tide counts have been higher than normal for several months. As animal carcasses were […]
POLICYMAKERS, SCIENTISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, FISHING INDUSTRIES TO DISCUSS PARTS OF PRESIDENT BUSH’S OCEAN ACTION PLANHead of NOAA to Speak at Conference Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator will address participants at the “Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries” second conference in Washington, D.C. Lautenbacher […]
NEW EDUCATIONAL TOOL EXAMINES INFAMOUS ALASKAN OIL SPILL 16 YEARS LATER A new educational case study describing the impacts and recovery of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound is now available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of […]
KATHERINE ANN ESCHELBACH OF CHAPEL HILL, N.C., RECEIVES THE 2005 WALTER B. JONES MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COASTAL AND MARINE GRADUATE STUDY Katherine Ann Eschelbach, of Chapel Hill, N.C., has won the 2005 Walter B. Jones Memorial Award for Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study. Administered by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
NOAA RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN COASTAL AND OCEAN MANAGEMENT NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announces the 13 winners of the 2005 Walter B. Jones Memorial and NOAA Awards for Excellence in Coastal and Ocean Management. The awards recognize individuals, graduate students, state and local governments, businesses and non-governmental organizations for their outstanding contributions to […]
NEW TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE MAKES MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AIRDROPS SAFER March 11, 2005  Accurately parachuting supplies and materiel from aircraft thousands of feet above the ground to those who need them is a notoriously tricky, if often vital, thing to do, heavily dependent on local wind and weather conditions for success. A laptop-based system developed […]
NOAA Fisheries is Soliciting Public Comment on Amendment 6 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Amendment 6 proposes several actions, including the transfer of authority from the Council to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) for modifying shrimp bycatch reduction device (BRD) testing protocol; modifying bycatch reduction certification criteria from species-specific targets to a […]
NOAA Fisheries Proposes Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishing Seasons and Quotas NOAA Fisheries Service proposes to adjust the 2005 second and third trimester season quotas for Atlantic large coastal and small coastal sharks based on over- or underharvests from the 2004 fishing seasons, and announces proposed opening and closing dates for the second and third trimester […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Online Guide for Protected Species Permit Applicants NOAA Fisheries Service has launched a web site to help prospective applicants determine what authorizations they may need under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). After a handful of yes/no questions, the web site provides the list of required […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Proposes Regulations in Response to Recommendations Adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) NOAA’s Fisheries Service proposes regulations to lift restrictive trade measures in response to recommendations adopted by the ICCAT during the 2004 meeting. This proposed rule would modify the following trade restrictions: Lift the trade […]
