Category: NCA

The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Marine Retailers Association of America: Develop a marketing strategy that promotes the increased use of personal flotation devices, and integrate that strategy into the promotion and sale of boats and accessories. (M-06-4) http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2006/M06_4.pdf The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Marine Retailers Association of America: Develop […]

The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the U.S. Coast Guard: Develop measures of recreational boating activities, boaters, and boats that can be used to identify and evaluate the risks in recreational boating. Once those measures have been developed, collect the appropriate data at the Federal and State levels, and use it to evaluate the effectiveness of recreational boating […]

NOAA ANNOUNCES U.S. SPRING OUTLOOKDrought and Wildfire Concerns Highlighted for April through June At a news conference today in Phoenix, Ariz., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in partnership with the National Interagency Fire Center, announced that despite periodic precipitation, NOAA’s U.S. Spring outlook supports the potential for a significant wildfire season in the Southwest […]

Economic questions added to MRFSS Beginning in January, every fisherman who is interviewed dockside by the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey (MRFSS) will receive a series of questions about the money they spent on that trip. They will also be asked to participate in a longer follow-up mail survey that collects information on annual expenditures […]

ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON MAR 13 TO SAT MAR 25 SATELLITE SIGHTING INFORMATION FOR WILMINGTONNC NC The following ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON MAR 13 TO SAT MAR 25 The following fields are listed from left to right:SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE TIME MIN DEG DEG-DIR DEG-DIR ISS Mon […]

MMS to Hold Public Hearing A federal agency developing a plan for oil and natural gas drilling off Florida’s shores has agreed to hold a public hearing in Tallahassee next month. The Minerals Management Service, part of the Interior Department, last week began holding a series of 13 meetings on its next five-year Outer Continental […]

U.S. ICCAT Advisory Committee to Meet; Mar 27-28 in Silver Spring, MD The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet with its Species Working Group technical advisors on March 27-28. The Committee will discuss the outcome of the 2005 ICCAT meeting; U.S. implementation […]

Southeast Region Ecosystem Conference; Mar 19-21 in Wilmington, NC The Coastal Conference on Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Management in the Southeast Region will be held March 19-21, 2006 in Wilmington, NC. The objectives of this conference are to define coastal problems in the Southeast, examine best practices, identify the most critical issues, and reach consensus on […]

Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Recommendations Now Posted Online Recommendations from the February 2006 meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) regarding Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization and the National Offshore Aquaculture bill are now posted online. The Committee supported key elements of the Administration’s proposal to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including an emphasis on frontloading the […]

  NEW YORK FROZEN SEAFOOD PRICES, WEEK ENDING FRI., March 10, 2006Current selling prices ex-warehouse New York as reported by original receivers(importers, brokers, etc) in the  New York Metropolitan area in US DOLLARS/CENTS per pound (unless otherwise stated). Fillets are skinless, unless otherwise stated.FINFISH:DOLPHIN(MAHI-MAHI)FILLETS(SKIN ON):PERU :  3-5# $1.75, 5-7# $2.00, 7#up $2.15.SOLE FILLETS:CHINA:  3oz $2.65, […]