Category: CCA

OWNER AND OPERATOR OF NORTH CAROLINA FISHING VESSEL ISSUED STIFF PENALTYFOR DENYING OBSERVER PERMISSION TO BOARD NOAA’s General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation issued a $35,000 Notice of Violation and Assessment (NOVA) on Feb. 10, to the owner and operator of the fishing vessel Captain Cecil for refusing to allow an observer onboard the boat. […]

NOAA RELEASES NEW MANUAL ON COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION MONITORING Feb. 26, 2004 — For the first time, NOAA compiled key restoration monitoring information applicable to coastal habitats nationwide. “Science-Based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats, Volume One: A Framework for Monitoring Plans Under the Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000 (Public Law 160-457)” offers technical […]

Oregon Inlet Survey Released 2-20-04 You can get the new survey HERE Text File…(Read More) BelowName Input Output “WAYPOINT1” 759838.70000 N 35 47.2628876 N 3035447.79000 E 75 30.4777410 W Convergence 02 00 55.80094 Scale Factor 0.999916241  “WAYPOINT2” 758911.07000 N 35 47.1150828 N 3034583.39000 E 75 30.6591023 W Convergence 02 00 49.52036 Scale Factor 0.999915840 “WAYPOINT3” […]

MORE THAN 2,500 MANATEES COUNTED DURING SYNOPTIC SURVEY St. Petersburg—Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) are releasing the preliminary results of a statewide synoptic survey, conducted February 20, 2004, to count manatees by air and by ground. Twenty-three observers (16 in air and 7 on the […]

Interior Department’s Cooperative Conservation Programs Norton Briefs President Bush on Interior Department’s Cooperative Conservation Programs; Announces $25.8 Million in Grants to Assist Conservation Efforts for Imperiled Species on Private Lands Interior Secretary Gale Norton briefed President Bush about the department’s on-going efforts to empower Americans to conserve wildlife and its habitat, including $25.8 million in […]

CLIMATE, WATER & WEATHER DIVISION CHIEF APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTHERN REGION Veteran meteorologist Steven Cooper has been appointed deputy director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Southern Region – serving 10 southern states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Prior to his appointment, Cooper served as chief […]

NOAA RELEASES NEW MANUAL ON COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION MONITORING For the first time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has compiled key restoration monitoring information applicable to coastal habitats nationwide. Science-Based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats, Volume One: A Framework for Monitoring Plans Under the Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000 (Public Law […]

NEW RESEARCH OF NOAA DATAUSES METABOLIC RATES TO HELP DETERMINE THE HEALTH OF ESTUARIES New research using monitoring data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Estuarine Research Reserves examines metabolic rates as indicators of the health of estuaries. This is the largest and most geographically diverse study of its kind and is […]

NOAA REPORTS ABOVE-NORMAL ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Dec. 1, 2003 — With the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season having officially ended Nov. 30, NOAA hurricane specialists said the above-normal 2003 Atlantic hurricane season produced 14 tropical storms, of which 7 became hurricanes and 3 became major hurricanes (Fabian, Isabel and Kate). Six of the named systems affected […]

NOAA SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSAL TO LESSEN FISHING IMPACTS ON SEA TURTLES & REOPEN GRAND BANKS TO U.S. PELAGIC LONGLINE FLEET Feb. 24, 2004 — The conclusion of a three-year experiment in the Grand Banks and recent estimates of sea turtle bycatch (unintentional catch) in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery have prompted NOAA Fisheries to […]