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Ecosystem-Based Management Makes a Splash In NOAA Fisheries’ In 2005 Budget Request A key goal of NOAA’s new strategic plan is to protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based approaches to management. The President’s 2005 budget request moves this effort forward by dedicating $1.158 billion to ecosystem management, an […]

NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES 2005 BUDGET REQUEST Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, unveiled President Bush’s proposed 2005 budget for the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Speaking to more than 125 stakeholders in Washington, D.C., Lautenbacher said NOAA’s request totals $3.4 […]

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NOAA WORKS WITH EKKOSOFT.USTO BRING TIDAL INFORMATION TO CELL PHONE USERS Recreational boaters, fishermen, beachgoers and others now have a faster, easier way of obtaining tide predictions. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and ekkosoft.us of Newburyport, Mass., a wireless application development firm, will provide tide information over cellular phones. NOAA is an agency […]

PRESIDENT SEEKS MORE THAN $1.3 BILLION FOR U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE IN 2005 BUDGET President George W. Bush is requesting more than $1.3 billion — $22.6 million more than last year for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2005 budget. The request represents the administrations continuing commitment to protect Americas natural resources and support […]

Admin Note: Good reading for anyone that is interested in our fisheries.  Body of Evidence The Fragile State of America’s Oceans – A Review of Recent Science and a Framework for Recovery Download it HERE WASHINGTON (January 27, 2004) A new report from the Marine Fish Conservation Network (Network) released today to governors of coastal […]

Follow-up on Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met in Alexandria, Virginia last week to consider a number of issues. The Council’s Demersal Committee met with the ASMFC’s Board to consider the alternatives that will be included in Framework 5 to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery […]

NOAA Fisheries Developing Rule to Clarify 250 Atlantic Marlin Landing Limit We all know that Atlantic blue and white marlin populations are at very low levels, and all fishing nations need to do more to reverse those trends. The U.S. has been a leader in this endeavor, but we cannot affect this change unilaterally. These […]

NOAA FISHERIES REMINDS BOATERS: GIVE RIGHT WHALES WIDE BERTHFederal Law Prohibits Approaching Endangered Right Whales Within 500 Yards The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) reminds all whale watchers, commercial vessels and others to give endangered right whales a wide berth, as mandated by Federal Rule 62 FR 6729, 50 […]

NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM NAMES NEW LEGAL DIRECTOR The National Sea Grant College Program has named Stephanie Showalter of the University of Mississippi Law School as the new director of the Mississippi-Alabama Legal Program and the National Sea Grant Law Center. Sea Grant is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and […]