Category: AL

SUN’s STORMS CREATE SPECTACULAR LIGHT SHOW ON EARTH Nov. 10, 2004 — A series of major solar flares on the sun is keeping NOAA space weather forecasters busy this week. There have been two major solar flares, rated as R2 (moderate) and R3 (strong) on the NOAA Space Weather Scales, which erupted on November 9 […]

NOAA AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS CENTER HONORED FOR EXCEPTIONAL HURRICANE WORK Nov. 9, 2004 — Hurricane season is quickly coming to a close, but millions of Americans will not soon forget the parade of storms that came crashing into the U.S. mainland, as well as a number of other nations in the path of the powerful and […]

NTSB CALLS FOR FEDERAL ACTION TO ADOPT “MOST WANTED” SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS Washington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board said today that the government should be doing more to prevent accidents and enhance safety for the traveling public. The Board updated its list of Most Wanted Safety Improvements, noting instances where federal agencies had given […]

Current Daily General and HMS Charter/Headboat Category Commercial BFT limits The General category daily retention limit is one large medium or giant BFT (73 inches CFL or greater) per vessel per day/trip. This daily retention limit is effective through May 31, 2005, inclusive. This limit applies to permitted Atlantic tunas General and HMS Charter/headboats (while […]

  NOAA TO DELIVER FINAL LECTURE ON HUMAN NOISE AND MARINE MAMMALSCongressman Sam Farr Scheduled to Participate Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and various academic institutions will deliver the final lecture in a national series on the subject of human-made noise and marine mammals. The final lecture of […]

SUN SENDS SOLAR STORMS TO EARTH Nov. 8, 2004 — Eruptions from a large and complex sunspot group are sending a series of solar storms to Earth. The NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., is monitoring these storms, which have the potential to affect spacecraft operations, electric power systems, high frequency communications and electronic […]

POSSIBLE NEW SPECIES OF SEA SQUIRTS DISCOVERED OFF GEORGIA COAST IN GRAY’S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY Three previously unknown sea creatures have been found at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary by Georgia Southern University scientists working there to document all the invertebrates living at the sanctuary. The sanctuary is managed by NOAA. The creatures are […]

Operator Permits for the South Atlantic Rock Shrimp and Atlantic Dolphin and Wahoo Fisheries Beginning November 23, 2004, operator permit cards (operator cards) will be required for an operator of a vessel that has, or is required to have, a charter vessel/headboat or commercial vessel permit for Atlantic dolphin-wahoo. Operator cards have been required in […]

NOAA ISSUES SERVICE ASSESSMENT REPORT ON HURRICANE ISABEL Nov. 3 — NOAA’s National Weather Service today released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Isabel. The tropical cyclone caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Mid-Atlantic states in September 2003. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is an agency of the […]

NOAA OFFERS NEW EXPERIMENTAL IONOSPHERIC PRODUCTS Nov. 1, 2004 — The NOAA Space Environment Center and NOAA National Geodetic Survey today release a new experimental ionosphere products to help emergency managers and other users quickly assess the effects of solar storms on Global Positioning System applications. The SEC has created a near real-time ionospheric specification […]