SANCTUARY PILOT PROGRAM ALLOWS HOOK AND LINE FISHING FOR BALLYHOO The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, today announced the availability of permits allowing fishermen to use hook and line to catch ballyhoo in three Sanctuary Preservation Areas. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department Commerce. The […]
RECORD NUMBER OF TORNADOES REPORTED IN U.S. DURING SEPTEMBER Oct. 7, 2004  The total number of tornado reports in the United States reached a record high for the second month in a row because of land-falling hurricanes, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Preliminary numbers indicate a total of 247 tornadoes reported during […]
AGREEMENT PREVENTS GAPS IN WEATHER SATELLITE SERVICES NOAA, NASA and Lockheed Martin Corporation announced today that they have reached an agreement that a NOAA satellite, damaged during a fall while it was being constructed, would be rebuilt to launch in December 2007. As part of this agreement, Lockheed Martin agreed to provide corporate funds toward […]
Fishes Associated with Deep Coral Banks off the Carolinas An Excellent Datasheet produced by UNC-W and NOAA showing the Fishes Associated with Deep Coral Banks off the Carolinas in FULL COLOR. You can Download HEREFishes Associated with Deep Coral Banks off the Carolinas An Excellent Datasheet produced by UNC-W and NOAA showing the Fishes Associated […]
Fish of the Outer Shelf Reef of North Carolina Fish of the Outer Shelf Reef is an Excellent Datasheet in PFD format produced by NOAA. This is an excellent read. You can Download HERE ENJOY!Fish of the Outer Shelf Reef of North Carolina Fish of the Outer Shelf Reef is an Excellent Datasheet in PFD format […]
NOAA In North Carolina I added all of these to the links database-Admin National Weather ServiceWeather Forecast Office Located at the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University, this National Weather Service office provides all the weather and flood warnings, daily forecasts, and meteorologic and hydrologic data for 31 counties, with a population of 2.6 […]
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SCIENTISTS DOUBLE TALLY OF KNOWN RIGHT WHALESScientists Optimistic After Sightings of Critically Endangered Whale The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service announced today in Kodiak, Alaska, that they have located more endangered right whales. Scientists on the NOAA Research Vessel McArthur II nearly doubled the tally of known right whales in the […]
NOAA Announces Top U.S. Fishing Ports for 2003 Commercial fishermen unloaded 900.7 million pounds of fish and shellfish at the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, AK, making it the top port in the United States for landings in 2003. Dutch Harbor-Unalaska netted the top landings slot for the15th consecutive year, although the total fish and shellfish […]
Feds Begin Arrests for Shark Finning On September 7, Cresento Bacaling and Conchito Cagas, Jr., plead guilty to federal violations of the federal natural resource anti-trafficking law, the Lacey Act and the Shark Finning Prohibition Act. This is the first United States arrest, charge and conviction for federal criminal violations of the Lacey Act with […]
