Category: CCA

USS MONITOR RESEARCHERS DEBUNK 142-YEAR-OLD LEGEND OF ‘CAT IN THE CANNON’ Aug. 25, 2005 — Conservators from The Mariners’ Museum and NOAA scientists were able to debunk a 142-year-old legend with 90-percent confidence this past week after spending most of August documenting and excavating the bore of both 11-inch Dahlgren cannons from the Civil War […]

            Sneads Ferry Fishing Club Tournament        September 3, 2005. Labor Day Weekend. $50 Total Entry Fee $25 entry for heaviest King Mackerel $25 entry for heaviest fish overall (No Sharks) Fishing Hours: 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Pay outs and Prizes: 1st place king: 70% cash and 50 gallons of gas/ New River Marina 2nd […]

Comment Period Reopened for 2005 MMPA List of Fisheries On December 2, 2004, the proposed List of Fisheries for 2005 under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was published in the Federal Register. NOAA Fisheries Service must categorize each commercial fishery on the List of Fisheries into one of three categories under the MMPA, based […]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Approves an Additional Nontoxic Shot Type;Considers Four OthersThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today approved a non-toxic shot typecomposed of iron-tungsten-nickel for waterfowl and coot hunting in theUnited States. In addition, the Service will publish tomorrow in theFederal Register proposed approval for four additional nontoxic shot types.The approved shot manufactured […]

Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 08/22/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The Coastwide General Category has landed 50.3 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category: 19.4 mt out of 90.0 mt to date. Longline North: 9.1 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline South: […]

 BE CAREFUL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 45-year-old Jacksonville woman has died from flesh-eating bacteria that she contracted while riding a personal watercraft on the St. Johns River, officials said. Candace Scott died Aug. 3, Duval County health officials said. One to three cases of flesh-eating bacteria are typically reported in the county each year, but […]

NOAA RELEASES NATIONAL STUDY OF U.S. CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMSNew Report Makes Case for an Integrated Observing System The nation’s coral reef ecosystems continue to face numerous stressors from both natural and human sources including overfishing, disease, pollution and climate change according to a new national assessment of the condition of U.S. shallow coral reef ecosystems. […]

Dark False Mussels are Back in the Magothy River For the second year in a row, dark false mussels (Mytilopsis leucophaeata) are abundant in the Chesapeake Bay’s Magothy River. The population of this small native mussel, usually restricted to oyster bars, exploded due to unknown causes during the summer of 2004. These mussels have returned […]

EXPLORATION OF SOUTH PACIFIC FINDS STRANGE NEW SPECIES AND MAGICAL SCENES; SETS RECORDS FOR NOAA UNDERSEA RESEARCH Aug 11, 2005 — The Research Vessel Ka`imikai-o-Kanaloa (KoK), its embarked remotely-operated-vehicle and two human-occupied submersibles Pisces IV and Pisces V, and a weary but proud team from Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, sailed into its homeport in Hawaii […]

NEW FISHING REGULATIONS PROPOSED FOR ATLANTIC TUNAS, SHARKS, SWORDFISH, AND BILLFISH The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing new fishing regulations for Atlantic highly migratory species of tunas, sharks, swordfish, and billfish. The public has until October 18 to comment on the proposed measures. Tunas, swordfish and sharks are managed under the 1999 Atlantic […]