Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee will meet on Monday, July 24, at 1 p.m. at the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Washington Regional Office, located at 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC. The committee will first receive updates concerning the […]
Marine Fisheries Commission Northeast Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Northeast Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, July 20, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at Festival Park located at One Festival Park in Manteo.The Draft River Herring Fishery Management Plan will be presented to the committee at this meeting, including management recommendations […]
NOAA Seeking Public Input on Recovery Plans for Fin Whales and Sperm Whales Draft updated Recovery Plans for fin whale and sperm whale populations are now available for public review. The draft plans discuss the natural history, current status, and the known and potential human impacts to fin whales and sperm whales. The plans will […]
NOAA SHIP NANCY FOSTER ASSISTS IN WHALE RESCUE July 11, 2006  Scientists and crew aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster assisted the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies to disentangle a humpback whale off the coast of Massachusetts on Sunday. While tagging and tracking humpback whales in the NOAA Stellwagen National Marine Sanctuary, crew and […]
NOAA SATELLITES RESPOND TO DISTRESS CALLS As summer weather brings out more boaters, campers and hikers, NOAA satellites and search and rescue staff are prepared to handle distress signals from emergency locator beacons. NOAA’s polar and geostationary satellites, along with Russia’s Cospas spacecraft, are part of the high-tech, international Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking […]
COAST GUARD AIDS IN RELEASE OF TURTLES GALVESTON, Texas – The Coast Guard assisted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the release of four turtles back into the ocean Tuesday afternoon. A crew from Station Galveston brought the turtles into the Gulf of Mexico 20 miles offshore to release them. Two Hawk’s Bill turtles, […]
MAN SURVIVES 24 HOURS IN OCEAN, COAST GUARD TAKES TO HOSPITAL PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – A man is recuperating at the hospital today after being in the ocean for 24 hours after he fell over the side of his boat. Brian Wallschlaeger, 34, a resident of New Smyrna, Fla., was found at noon today approximately […]
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING DIVER CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing 28-year-old scuba diver about 14-miles west of New Port Richey, Fla., at about 8:30 p.m. today. The Coast Guard has been searching for Ashley Mauldin, of Oklahoma, since 2:53 p.m. Monday when Barry Hucks, captain of […]
NOAA COASTWATCH PROGRAM OPENS EAST COAST NODEChesapeake Bay Office Hosts Enhanced Environmental Satellite Data Capabilities July 6, 2006  NOAA opened the East Coast Node of NOAA’s CoastWatch program, which will broaden the availability of environmental data for the Atlantic Ocean collected by the agency’s geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites. NOAA polar-orbiting satellites over the course […]
Recreational Atlantic Tunas Retention Limits The recreational daily bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limit through May 31, 2006, is 2 BFT (47 inches to less than 73 inches) per vessel per day/trip, effective in all areas, for the entire fishing year. Also, there are 2 windows of opportunity to harvest school BFT (27 inches to less […]
