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Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses Gets Senate Hearing “Today’s action gets us one step closer to ensuring the survival of these horses.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon Third District Congressman Walter B. Jones testified at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing about the Shackleford Banks horses at Cape Lookout National Seashore. The Senate’s Natural Parks […]

Battle of the Beaches Fishing Tournament – October 9, 2004 All sports have their definitive tournaments. Hockey and the Stanley Cup. Tennis and the Davis Cup. Golf and the Ryder Cup. These challenges decide the greatest of all teams. Get ready anglers . . . Wilmington fishing is about to unleash its ultimate match up […]

NOAA Fisheries Announces Regional Quota Adjustments for the 2005 Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishery NOAA Fisheries is proposing to adjust the regional and trimester quotas for large coastal sharks and small coastal sharks based on updated landings information for the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and North Atlantic regions. The commercial shark fishery will open in […]

NOAA To Convert Navy Surveillance Ship to Explore Earth’s Largely Unknown Oceans In a formal ceremony this week, NOAA and the U.S. Navy marked the transfer of ownership of a former surveillance ship from the Navy to NOAA. The ship will be converted to a NOAA research vessel for exploring deep oceans. The transfer supports […]

Competition to Design Fishing Gear Aimed at Reducing Bycatch NOAA, along with a group of aquariums, universities and conservation organizations, is sponsoring The Smart Gear Competition, a contest to develop designs for practical, cost-effective solutions to reduce the incidental catch of sea turtles, cetaceans, fish bycatch and other non-target species in either fixed gear or […]

NOAA REPORTS COOL SUMMER, SEVENTH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD ACROSS THE LOWER 48 STATES; RECORD NUMBER OF NAMED ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES FOR AUGUST Sept. 16, 2004 — The contiguous United States experienced its 16th coolest summer (June-August) on record and seventh coolest August, according to scientists at NOAA Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. While […]

NOAA ISSUES FINAL RULE IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PROGRAM ACT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service published final regulations implementing the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “These regulations contain very few substantive changes from the interim final regulations that have […]

NOAA OCEAN SERVICE PROVIDES KEY BEHIND THE SCENES HURRICANE SERVICES Sept. 15, 2004 — While the NOAA National Weather Service continues to be the public face of NOAA during hurricane season, other offices are assisting in both the preparation for, and the recovery from each hurricane’s impact. The NOAA Ocean Service is home to several […]

Updated Right Whale Recovery Plan is Available for Public Comment NOAA Fisheries has recently updated a 1991 Recovery Plan for the North Atlantic Right Whale. Historically depleted by commercial whaling, the North Atlantic right whale population is considered highly endangered, with present numbers of approximately 300 individuals. The population is impacted both directly and indirectly […]

NOAA Fisheries Hosts Two Public Forums on Recreational Fisheries Data NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Office (SERO) will host two Recreational Data Forums. Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Florida, and Thursday, September 23, 2004, at the Pawley Plantation, 70 Tanglewood Drive, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Dr. Roy Crabtree, SE […]