BOATER MISSING FOR MORE THAN 36 HOURS RESCUED, SECOND FOUND DEAD MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – The Coast Guard located the two boaters missing since Saturday night, one alive, one dead. Jose Augustine Delgado, 41, was found alive 30 miles west of Marco Island and hoisted from the water by a rescue crew in an HH-60 […]
TUG WITH BARGE ON FIRE IN MATAGORDA BAY CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard is responding to a fire on board the tug Nathan James in Port Lavaca Bay north of Port O’Connor, Texas. The Coast Guard received a MayDay call over VHF-16 marine radio at 12:20 p.m. from tug Grace Nichol, relaying information […]
Roanoke River At Weldon Fishing Report (3/23/05) WELDON, N.C.  Shad fishing on the Roanoke River at Weldon was slow but steady this past week. Things may change quickly, however, now that the weather is beginning to warm again and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decreased discharge today from 15,000 to 8,000 cubic feet […]
NOAA’s NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNOUNCES FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK: MARCH 21-25, 2005 March 18, 2005  The NOAA National Weather Service will host the first annual Flood Safety Awareness Week from March 21-25, 2005, to raise public attention to the dangers of flooding and ways to protect life and property. “No state or territory is […]
NOAA, NASA ANNOUNCE NEW RELATIONSHIP TO ACQUIRE ADVANCED GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES March 22, 2005  NOAA announced its acquisition management strategy for the upcoming Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Program. NOAA will be responsible for the GOES-R mission and will partner with NASA to achieve mission objectives. NASA, at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will […]
Council to Develop Framework to Allow Multi-State Recreational Harvest Limits for Summer Flounder The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Kill Devil Hills, NC last week and voted to initiate Framework 6 to its Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This framework is intended to be compatible with the […]
Inland Regional Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Inland Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Archdale Building Ground Floor Hearing Room, 512 Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC.Members of the Committee have asked to discuss the effectiveness […]
FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MARCH 30MOREHEAD CITY – The Division of Marine Fisheries License Offices in Wilmington, Washington, Columbia, Elizabeth City, and Wanchese will be temporarily closed on Wednesday, March 30 so staff may attend a training workshop in Morehead City.The offices will reopen on March 31. Fisheries License offices will remain open […]
FF-19-2005PROCLAMATIONRE: FLOUNDER – ALL WATERSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, April 1, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of flounder: I. MINIMUM SIZE LIMITA. It is unlawful to possess flounder less than 14 inches total length as part of a commercial […]
FF-20-2005PROCLAMATIONRE: RIVER HERRINGPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2005 the following restrictions will apply to the river herring fishery in the Albemarle Sound Herring Management Area and the Chowan River Herring Management AreaI. SEASON CLOSURENo person or fishing operation may take, possess, […]
