NOAA, PARTNERS HAIL MAJOR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS BREAKTHROUGH A new, high-speed data chipset is poised to move communication in space 100 times faster than existing integrated circuits used in space. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials today said the chipset, developed as the first of its kind for space applications, will be used in the future […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO VESSEL COLLISION ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS – Investigation and pollution teams from Coast Guard Marine Safety Office New Orleans are responding this afternoon to a collision between two vessels in the Mississippi River in downtown New Orleans. The collision occurred between the 774-foot motor tanker Eagle Memphis and […]
HAPPY 214TH BIRTHDAY TO THE COAST GUARDNASCAR Driver and Team on Hand to Celebrate PORTSMOUTH, Va. – NASCAR driver Justin Labonte and his race team will be on hand Saturday afternoon during the annual Coast Guard Day Picnic at the Integrated Support Command to wish a Happy Birthday to America’s oldest, continuous sea-going service. “I’m […]
NOAA AWARDS MORE THAN $4.6 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR UNDERSEA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYGrant Awarded to the University of Mississippi The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $4,684,000 grant to the University of Mississippi to support undersea research through its National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology. NOAA is an agency of […]
NOAA AWARDS MORE THAN $500,000 TO NORTH CAROLINA FOR ESTUARY RESEARCH The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $555,000 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources to support the state’s estuarine research reserve. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will help the state operate and manage […]
NOAA AWARDS MORE THAN $3.6 MILLION TO WILD AMERICAN SHRIMP, INC. TO MARKET DOMESTIC SHRIMP The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $3,670,926 to Wild American Shrimp, Inc., an organization that assists the domestic shrimp industry, to help market domestic shrimp. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The project supported by […]
NOAA DIVERS HELP IDENTIFY HISTORIC SHIPWRECK OFF ALASKA July 28, 2004  Divers working 80 feet below the surface of Monk’s Lagoon off Kodiak Island, Alaska, have identified a shipwreck first discovered in July of 2003 as the Russian-American Company ship Kad’yak, lost in 1860. The team will continue to map the wreck and recover […]
NOAA, LOUISIANA SCIENTISTS ISSUE “DEAD ZONE” FORECAST July 26, 2004  A team of NOAA scientists, the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University is forecasting that the “Dead Zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas this summer should be roughly the same size as it has been since 1990. This summer’s Dead […]
REPORT CARD RELEASED ON HEALTH OF FISHERIES Stocks Continue to Improve MOREHEAD CITY – North Carolina’s coastal and ocean fisheries continue to show signs of progress as two more stocks, Atlantic croaker and monkfish, are upgraded by the state Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF). Atlantic croaker, a fish popular with both recreational and commercial fishermen, […]
NEW FISHERIES RULES GO INTO EFFECT AUG. 1MOREHEAD CITY – Fishermen should note that on Aug. 1 several new rules will go into effect in North Carolina coastal waters, including:· The sunrise/sunset language weekend closure rules for trawling in state waters will change to specific hours. The old rule stated trawling was prohibited from one […]
