GENERAL CATEGORY ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY CLOSURE REMINDER The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has determined via the implementing regulations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS), located at 50 CFR § 635.27, that the 2005 General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) season (June 1, 2005 – January 31, 2006) will close on January 31, […]
COAST GUARD CREWS SEIZE MORE THAN 10,000 POUNDS OF FISH SUSPECTED TO BE CAUGHT ILLEGALLY GRAND ISLE, La.- Crews from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., responded late Thursday to a call that led to the seizure of more than 10,100 pounds of fish from a fishing vessel allegedly engaged in illegal fishing activities, including […]
NOAA REPORTS 2005 GLOBAL TEMPERATURE SIMILAR TO 1998 RECORD WARM YEAR Scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., today said the 2005 global temperature was statistically indistinguishable from the standing record set in 1998. Using two global data sets developed at NCDC, scientists determined that the 2005 average temperature was part of […]
Navy, Coast Guard Aim to Prevent Piracy U.S. Navy and Coast Guard officials are determined to stop pirates from threatening Americans and American interests. Incidents of piracy have become even more prevalent over the last two years, especially off the coast of Somalia and in the South China Sea. In 2004, 330 incidents of piracy […]
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Approves Draft Addendum XVIII for Public CommentThe Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Boardhas approved Draft Addendum XVIII to the Summer Flounder Fishery ManagementPlan for public comment and review. The Draft Addendum proposes to alterthe summer flounder recreational specification process in 2006 only. […]
NC Navy sonar range–public comment deadline TODAY (Jan. 30)You may have heard about this, and even if you don’t fish this far north, I hope you’ll help. It could have wide-ranging effects even out your way.The United States Navy is proposing to put an offshore underwater sonar training range 47 miles off the coast of […]
FISHING VESSEL CAPTAIN MEDEVACED BY COAST GUARD ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. –A rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City and a 47-foot rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Atlantic City responded to the fishing vessel Shoreline, a 60-foot scalloper homeported in Atlantic City, after receiving a distress call concerning a hurt fisherman. The captain […]
UPDATED POLICY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS WASHINGTON – Starting Jan. 26, 2006 U. S. Coast Guard Port State Control Officers (PSCO) and marine inspectors will use updated policy guidance to assist with the enforcement of Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). The policy guidance provides comprehensive […]
NEW IDENTIFICATION PROCESS REQUIRED FOR MARINERS WASHINGTON – An interim rule published on Jan. 13, 2006 in the Federal Register requires applicants for mariners’ licenses and certificates of registry to be fingerprinted submit to a criminal record review and provide evidence of their identity before those credentials will be issued. This rule brings the regulations […]
NEW NOAA EXHIBIT CELEBRATES NEARLY 200 YEARS OF SCIENCE AND SERVICE Artifacts representing nearly 200 years of science, service and stewardship by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its ancestor agencies will be on public display at the agency’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., February 6-11, 2006 during the second annual NOAA Heritage Week. […]
