COAST GUARD, MARINES RESCUE MAN AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard and Marine Corps rescued a man whose boat capsized about half a mile from Cape Lookout Lighthouse this evening.Coast Guard Group Fort Macon search-and-rescue controllers received a mayday call via VHF radio from Kevin Thompson, 22, when his 19-foot fishing boat […]
Public Notice-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee will meet on Monday, January 10, 2004, at 2:00 p.m. at the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Washington Regional Office located at 943 Washington Square Mall in […]
History Channel Features Commercial Fishing “Battered and fried or simply raw–seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it. Americans consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists. We follow the fish, the fishermen, and the science trying to preserve fisheries […]
NOAA Offers New Educational Resources Featuring the Lionfish A new educational case study on the lionfishâ€â€ÂÂÂa venomous invasive species from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans that is found off the coast of the mid-Atlanticâ€â€ÂÂÂis now available from the NOAA’s National Ocean Service. The new product, called a Discovery Story, is available online at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education. […]
Estimates of Atlantic Swordfish Landings Posted The Atlantic swordfish preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of October 31, 2004, for the first semi-annual season of the 2004 fishing year are posted on the highly migratory species website. To view this update, go to:http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/swordfish_catch_statistics.htm Estimates of Atlantic Swordfish Landings Posted The Atlantic swordfish preliminary landings […]
Fourth Endangered Right Whale Found Dead; Agencies Move to Avoid Ship Strikes Last weekend, trained whale observers on U.S. Coast Guard flights located the carcass of a North Atlantic right whale southeast of Nantucket, MA. This is the fourth confirmed North Atlantic right whale death in 2004. Earlier this year, a calf beached and died […]
White House Issues Executive Order on Ocean Policy On Friday, President Bush announced the establishment of a national Ocean Policy and a Committee on Ocean Policy to coordinate ocean-related activities across government and international jurisdictions. The Executive Order on Ocean Policy was issued in response to the Oceans Commission report, which evaluated the current system […]
FISHING VESSEL, RESCUERS BATTLE WINTER STORM CHICOTEAGUE, Va. – Coast Guard units and a good Samaritan freighter ship battled a winter storm 33 miles east of Wachapreague Inlet, Va., today to assist a fishing vessel taking on water. The three crewmembers aboard the Mama’s Pride, a 70-foot fishing vessel homeported in Englehart, N.C., contacted the […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 20, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 321.8 mt of a possible 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 28.7 mt. Longline South: 9.8 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]
REMINDER NOTICE This notice serves as a reminder that the coastwide General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery will close in all areas at 11:30 p.m. local time December 20, 2004 (69 FR 71732, December 10 ,2004). Therefore, Atlantic tunas General and Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboats fishing for, retaining, possessing, or landing BFT under […]
