Category: NC

Council Solicits Nominations for the 2004 Fishery Achievement Award

Council Solicits Nominations for the 2004 Fishery Achievement Award The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is seeking nominations for its annual Fishery Achievement Award. This prestigious award recognizes individuals, entities, and fishermen in the mid-Atlantic region who exhibit professionalism, diligence, and effort to protect the living marine resources through partnership, public education, and enforcement actions. […]

Council Streamlines Specification Setting Process

Council Streamlines Specification Setting Process During its May meeting in Secaucus, NJ, the Mid-Atlantic council took an action that has the potential to significantly impact its future workload. The Council adopted Alternative 3 in Framework 5 to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan. This alternative would allow the Council, in […]

Successful Management of U.S. Marine Fisheries Documented

Successful Management of U.S. Marine Fisheries Documented The proceedings of a November 2003 national fisheries conference, sponsored by the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries, were published and released on May 3, 2004. The 254 page document entitled “Managing our Nation’s Fisheries: Past, Present and Future” outlines substantial progress toward improving the health […]

Bottom Trawling Wrecks Habitat & Food For Big Fish

Bottom Trawling Wrecks Habitat & Food For Big Fish Conservationist/Fisherman Tom Raftican writes for the “Tuna Times” In his latest editorial he talks about the destructive commercial fishing method which damages spawning habits the size of the US every year.SB 1459 Passes Senate Natural Resources CommitteeI’m excited to report an important first hurdle in the […]

International Migratory Bird Day

International Migratory Bird Day While some of us might not know the difference between a great blue heron and a snowy egret, or a wood stork from a gull-billed tern, we love to see these graceful and beautiful creatures in flight along wind-capped waves, or silently hunting their prey, statue-like, mirrored on the glassy surface […]

RESEARCHERS TO USE INFRARED LASER-SCAN TO CREATE 3-D MODEL OF THE USS MONITORÃÆ

RESEARCHERS TO USE INFRARED LASER-SCAN TO CREATE 3-D MODEL OF THE USS MONITOR’S TURRET AND STEAM ENGINE May 12, 2004 — This week in Newport News, Va., The Mariners’ Museum and the NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary are working with the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) to map the […]

Coast Guard searches for local Jacksonville diver off St. Marys, Ga.

Coast Guard searches for local Jacksonville diver off St. Marys, Ga. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., along with other search units in the area are searching for a local Jacksonville diver 66 miles east of St. Marys, Ga. The Coast Guard was notified at 5:08 p.m […]

RESEARCHERS TO USE INFRARED LASER-SCAN TO CREATE 3-D MODEL OF THE USS MONITORÃÆ

RESEARCHERS TO USE INFRARED LASER-SCAN TO CREATE 3-D MODEL OF THE USS MONITOR’S TURRET AND STEAM ENGINETechnicians from National Park Service’s HABS/HAER offices to map artifacts beginning May 10th Beginning the week of May 10 in Newport News, Va., The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Monitor National Marine Sanctuary will […]

RESEARCH SANCTUARY

RS-2-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: RESEARCH SANCTUARY Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, May 13, 2004, the following area is declared a RESEARCH SANCTUARY and IS CLOSED to all fishing equipment: I. AREA DESCRIPTION DARE COUNTY An area consisting of approximately 0.25 acres in Roanoke Sound […]

Lockwood Folly Inlet

Lockwood Folly Inlet Survey Released 5-10-04 Download Your Copy HERE  Lockwood Folly Inlet Survey Released 5-10-04 Download Your Copy HERE