PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE NC Marine Fisheries Commission Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) Washington Regional Office, […]
NOAA REPORTS COOL SUMMER, SEVENTH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD ACROSS THE LOWER 48 STATES; RECORD NUMBER OF NAMED ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES FOR AUGUST Sept. 16, 2004  The contiguous United States experienced its 16th coolest summer (June-August) on record and seventh coolest August, according to scientists at NOAA Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. While […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee will meet on Monday, September 27, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. at Carteret Community College located at College Circle, in the C-Mast Building, Room #305 in Morehead City, […]
NOAA ISSUES FINAL RULE IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PROGRAM ACT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service published final regulations implementing the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “These regulations contain very few substantive changes from the interim final regulations that have […]
NOAA OCEAN SERVICE PROVIDES KEY BEHIND THE SCENES HURRICANE SERVICES Sept. 15, 2004  While the NOAA National Weather Service continues to be the public face of NOAA during hurricane season, other offices are assisting in both the preparation for, and the recovery from each hurricane’s impact. The NOAA Ocean Service is home to several […]
N.C. Environmental Commissions Review Historic Coastal Habitat Protection Plan At Joint Meeting In Raleigh RALEIGH – Members of North Carolina’s three main environmental commissions met Thursday to review and discuss a historic plan designed to change the way the state protects special places along the coast that are critical to the survival of flounder, oysters, […]
Updated Right Whale Recovery Plan is Available for Public Comment NOAA Fisheries has recently updated a 1991 Recovery Plan for the North Atlantic Right Whale. Historically depleted by commercial whaling, the North Atlantic right whale population is considered highly endangered, with present numbers of approximately 300 individuals. The population is impacted both directly and indirectly […]
NOAA Fisheries Hosts Two Public Forums on Recreational Fisheries Data NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Office (SERO) will host two Recreational Data Forums. Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Florida, and Thursday, September 23, 2004, at the Pawley Plantation, 70 Tanglewood Drive, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Dr. Roy Crabtree, SE […]
MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO OPERATING A SHIP WHILE INTOXICATED HOUSTON – The Polish master of the merchant ship UAL Rodach who was arrested Sept. 3, was charged before a U.S. magistrate and pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a commercial motor vessel while under the influence of alcohol. Piotr Lozinski, 48, the master of the 417-foot […]
CIVIL WAR CANNONS REMOVED FROM HISTORIC USS MONITOR GUN TURRETMariners’ Museum, NOAA, Northrop Grumman Newport News Join in Effort The two historic 11-inch Dahlgren smooth-bore cannons from Civil War ironclad USS Monitor were carefully removed today from the vessel’s iconic gun turret where they had been shielded for more than 142 years. Conservators from The […]
