U.S. Coral Reef Task Force To Meet September 14-15 in Miami, FLThe United States Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interiorannounce a public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF)September 14-15, in Miami, FL. Through the coordinated efforts of itsmembers, including representatives of 12 federal agencies, the governors ofseven states and […]
DARIN FIGURSKEY TO OVERSEE NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Darin Figurskey has been appointed meteorologist-in-charge of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service Forecast Office in Raleigh, North Carolina. Figurskey replaces Stephen Harned, who recently retired. The Raleigh office is one of 122 NWS Weather Forecast Offices in […]
NOAA’S NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER TO RE-COMPETE $500 MILLION TECHNICAL SERVICES CONTRACT NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) today announced plans to re-compete its $500 million Technical Services Contract, which is ending and will be up for bid. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The proposed […]
RECORD NUMBER OF TORNADOES REPORTED IN U.S. DURING AUGUST Sept. 2, 2004  A land-falling hurricane and a tropical storm helped push the total number of tornado reports to a record high for the month of August across the United States, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. Preliminary numbers indicate a […]
UNC-W RECEIVES GRANT FOR COASTAL RESEARCH WASHINGTON – An ongoing coastal research project at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will receive a $2.3 million grant. The university’s Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program will receive the funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The program, federally funded since 1998, researches the chemical, […]
NOAA PACKS HURRICANE WEB SITE WITH FACTS AND HISTORY Aug. 27, 2004  The statistical peak of the hurricane season is September 10â€â€ÂÂÂjust two weeks away. Millions of Florida residents will not soon forget Hurricane Charley who came ashore with 145-mph winds leaving widespread destruction in its wake. Now, Hurricane Frances is churning in the […]
Coast Guard Issues Final Rule on Hull Identification Numbers Effective August 16, 2004, U.S. manufacturers of recreational boats will be allowed to display a two-character, country of origin code before the 12-character Hull Identification Number (HIN) without separating the two-character code by means of borders or on a separate label as is currently required by […]
Harsh Reality of Building or Servicing 65+’ Boats Due to growing demand for larger recreational boats, the NC boating industry has been pulled much closer to the pitfalls and harsh complexities of big business shipbuilding – even though we don’t have a shipbuilder in the state. If a business is building or servicing boats of […]
NOAA Fisheries Announces Call for Nominations to the Atlantic Billfish and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panels Advisory panel members assist NOAA Fisheries in the development of fisherymanagement plans (FMPs), FMP amendments, and regulatory amendments forAtlantic billfish and Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and sharks. Nominations are invited from all individuals and constituent groups and will be accepted […]
Public Comment on Oceana’s Deep-Sea Coral Petition Is Reopened NOAA Fisheries has received over 26,000 comments in response to its Federal Register notice of receipt of Oceana’s rulemaking petition to protect deep-sea corals. The public comment period ended August 13, 2004. Due to the high level of public interest in this matter, and in response […]
