NOAA TRANSFERS MAPPING SHIP TO MEXICAN NAVY May 3, 2005  NOAA <http://www.noaa.gov> transferred ownership of Whiting, a decommissioned hydrographic survey ship, to the Mexican Navy upon authority of Congress and by order of the Secretary of Commerce. The transfer took place during a special ceremony at Town Point Park, Otter Berth, in Norfolk, […]
CAPE MAY CUTTER RESCUES 132 MIGRANTS FROM 50-FOOT BOAT ATLANTIC CITY – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable repatriated 132 Haitian migrants to Port-au-Prince this morning at 10:00. The migrants were rescued from their dangerously overloaded 50-foot sail freighter after five days at sea 10 miles south of West Caicos Island in the […]
NOAA SCIENTISTS BATTLE OCEAN GHOSTNETS April 29, 2005  Thousands of miles from any human habitation, fishing nets hundreds of meters long and balls of net tens of meters across, lost or abandoned by their former owners but still an environmental hazard, foul huge swaths of the Pacific Ocean. However, the sheer mass of those […]
NOAA READJUSTS THE NATIONAL SPATIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM USING HIGH ACCURACY GPS DATA Beginning in June 2005, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will perform a general readjustment of the horizontal position and ellipsoidal heights in the National Spatial Reference System using high accuracy global positioning system data. The NSRS is a consistent national coordinate system […]
House Transportation Committee Reports Delaware River Bill Incorporating Changes Requested by NOAA: On April 27th, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (Chair Don Young, R-AK) reported unanimously HR 1412, the Delaware River Protection Act. The bill would amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act so that the Coast Guard is notified of waterway obstacles and […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE PROPOSED POUND NET SETIn accordance with NC Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03J .0107, notice is hereby given that a public meeting will be held May 19, 2005 at 7:00 PM in the District Courtroom, Beaufort, NC to receive comments on a proposal by Marcus J. Goodwin to permit two pound […]
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY OFF CAPE MAY ATLANTIC CITY – Coast Guard crews and Cape May units have ended searches for a 14-year-old boy who fell overboard from a charter vessel off Cape May, N.J., today. Coast Guard Sector Field Office Atlantic City received the call from the charter vessel WHALE WATCHER […]
WATERWAY NAVIGATION RESTRICTED IN OREGON INLET PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Boaters should use extreme caution when transiting through Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina beginning May 2 due to construction on the Bonner Bridge. The auxiliary channel in Oregon Inlet will be closed because of construction barge operations and temporary mooring piles put […]
Public Meetings to Evaluate Atlantic For-Hire Survey; May 17-25 As part of continued efforts to improve the accuracy and availability of recreational data for the Atlantic Coast, NOAA Fisheries Service will be hosting four regional meetings to obtain feedback from industry on the For-Hire Survey. In particular, we would like to share 2004 survey results […]
Atlantic Shark Quotas, Dates Set for Commercial Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has set seasonal commercial quotas for large coastal sharks; small coastal sharks; and pelagic, blue, and porbeagle sharks. The quotas are effective May 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. In addition, NOAA Fisheries Service has established the opening and closing dates for the large […]
