COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR 1 AFTER HELICOPTER CRASH NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching today for a person missing after the helicopter he was on crashed in Choctawhatchee Bay, Fla., approximately 25 miles west of Panama City, Fla. A debris field was located in the bay and two bodies were recovered by local […]
Coast Guard cutter crew terminates voyage BOSTON – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Grand Isle terminated the voyage of the fishing vessel My Coll seven miles north of Provincetown, Mass., 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The fishing vessel, with two people on board, was sent back to port for a lack of survival equipment. There […]
Citizens Advised To Practice Safe Food Preparation Techniques To Prevent Foodborne Illness This Fall RALEIGH – Fall is a time for football, camping trips, church homecomings and family gatherings. Although these are memorable moments, state environmental and health officials advise North Carolinians to protect themselves against foodborne illnesses like Salmonella. “In North Carolina, foodborne illness […]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing South Carolina diver CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard suspended its searcn for a missing diver in the Ogeechee River, Ga., Monday night. Veto Bartuchie, 48, resident of Port Royal, S.C., was reported missing Sunday around 5 p.m. when he did not resurface to meet his friend waiting for […]
RECORD WETNESS IN EAST CONTRASTS WITH DRYNESS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EARLY SNOW IN ALASKA Oct. 14  Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which battered the United States last month, were enough to break rainfall records for September in states throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast. Overall, temperature and precipitation were above average across […]
FUTURE NOAA SPACECRAFT WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA’S COASTAL WATERS Oct. 19, 2004  Scientists from NOAA, NASA, the Office of Naval Research and academia are looking to use data from a highly advanced imaging deviceâ€â€ÂÂÂset to go onboard the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R)â€â€ÂÂÂto track red tides, oil spills, upwelling […]
Summary of 4-7 October Council Meeting in Ronkonkoma, NY The public The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met in Ronkonkoma, NY from October 4 through October 7. During its meeting, it convened six of its committees, recommended dogfish management measures for the 2005/2006 fishing year, approved Amendment 2 of the Joint Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) […]
3 PEOPLE SAVED AFTER BOAT CAPSIZED NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued three recreational fishermen today after the boat they were on capsized approximately three miles west of the entrance to the Southwest Pass. Rescued were: Mathew Nani, Carlton Sunseri and Christopher Sunseri, all of Terrytown, La. The Coast Guard received a cell phone […]
CONTEST TO NAME NOAA’S SHIP FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION; OCEAN AGENCY PROVIDES DETAILS ON COMPETITION FOR STUDENT TEAMS Oct. 15, 2004  NOAA, in partnership with Coastal America and the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, provided details today on a nationwide contest for teams of students to choose a name for a newly acquired NOAA […]
PROPOSED CHANGES TO NOAA’S CIVIL PROCEDURE REGULATIONS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing amendments and technical refinements to its Civil Procedures, found at 15 C.F.R Part 904. The proposed amendments were published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2004 and can be found at 69 FR 60569 or online at http://www.regulations.gov. […]
