HOAX DISTRESS CALLS COST LIVES AND RESOURCES ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Each day, the Coast Guard responds to nearly 109 boaters in distress, saving 10 lives and assisting 192 people. But not every distress call is real. Out of the 285 rescue cases handled by Coast Guard Group Atlantic City since October 1, 2003, 67 […]
Sea Turtle Interactions with Fishing Gear in the Atlantic An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) has been published to request comments on potential regulatory changes to further reduce bycatch and bycatch mortality of sea turtles in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. NOAA Fisheries announced the availability of a Final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement concerning […]
NOAA Fisheries Publishes the 2004 MMPA List of Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has updated its annual list of commercial fisheries that interact with marine mammals, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The List of Fisheries categorizes each U.S. commercial fishery based on the level of interaction each fishery has with marine mammals. Each […]
GOV. EASLEY SIGNS COASTAL RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE INTO LAWHouse Bill 831 To Generate $15 Million Annually For Research, Habitat EnhancementRALEIGH – Gov. Mike Easley today signed legislation creating a coastal recreational fishing license and the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Fund, which will generate about $15.3 million annually to conserve and restore North Carolina’s marine resources […]
Wildlife Center Video Wins National Award COROLLA, N.C. (Aug. 17, 2004)  It won’t open until next summer, but the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education is already garnering acclaim. A 20-minute video greeting visitors to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s educational facility on Currituck Sound has won a prestigious national award from an association […]
USCG AIRLIFTS INJURED SCUBA DIVER CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew airlifted a man off a chartered fishing vessel 20 miles south east of Cape Hatteras today around 2 p.m. The 50-year-old man from Miami chartered the 41-foot vessel, Sea Bear, to go diving at the Monitor Marine Sanctuary off the […]
Council and Commission’s Boards Adopt Management Measures for 2005 and 2006Landing Limits Increase for Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Boards (Board) this week in Baltimore, Maryland to adopt 2005 and 2006 fishery […]
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PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE NC Marine Fisheries Conservation Fund Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Conservation Fund Committee will meet Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC.The Committee was set up to guide use of monies […]
HURRICANE CHARLEY CUTS SHORT AQUARIUS UNDERSEA MISSION;AQUANAUTS PREPARE TO LEAVE UNDERSEA LAB Aug. 11, 2004  Hurricane Charley, bearing down on the Florida Keys, caused the cancellation Wednesday of an undersea research mission of NOAA’s underwater laboratory Aquarius. The Aquarius is owned by NOAA and operated by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. “We […]
