ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 14, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 282.8 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 […]
PROACTIVE PROGRAM FOR WHITE MARLIN, OTHER SPECIES OF CONCERN NOAA Fisheries Northeast Region is working on a “Proactive Conservation Program for Species of Concern.” Species of Concern are ones that NOAA has been petitioned to list as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, such as the Atlantic white marlin. The agency has determined […]
MARS IS FOUND IN SEAFLOOR SURVEY AROUND JAPANESE MINI-SUBMARINENOAA and Partners Survey “Flying Boat” Crash Sites Dec. 14, 2004  A watery grave off the Hawaiian coast is yielding answers about World War II-era aircraft and ships. Explorer-researchers from NOAA and the University of Hawaii joined with colleagues from the National Park Service on an […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, December 16, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) Washington Regional Office, located at 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC. […]
TWO PEOPLE RESCUED FROM SINKING SAILBOAT THROUGH USMC AND USCG EFFORTS ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Two people were rescued by Pedro, the Marine Corps air rescue helicopter based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, after it was dispatched by the Coast Guard to assist in the rescue of people from a sinking sailboat 10 […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 13, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 281.5 mt of a possible 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 29.9 mt. Longline South: 9.8 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APPROVES COASTAL HABITAT PLAN RALEIGH – A state plan to protect critical fish habitat has received final approval and can now get a jumpstart from steps the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources is prepared to take to meet some of the plan’s goals. The state’s Marine Fisheries Commission and Coastal […]
Coast Guard Recognizes Mariners for Rescue NORFOLK, Va. – Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads will present awards to six individuals who helped rescue and resuscitate a commercial fisherman who fell overboard in the Chesapeake Bay on September 9, 2004. Andrew Dickson, working as a deckhand on the fishing vessel FLOWYN, was pulled underwater […]
Wreckage of an Air Station Kodiak Rescue Helicopter ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Dec. 8, 2004) The wreckage of an Air Station Kodiak rescue helicopter is washed ashore near Skan Bay, Alaska after crashing today during a rescue attempt which involved the 738-foot vessel Selendang Ayu near Unalaska Island. All Coast Guard crewmembers aboard the aircraft were rescued […]
