ABOVE-NORMAL 2004 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTED May 17, 2004  NOAA forecasters are predicting an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. At a news conference Monday in Houston, Texas, NOAA officials said the season outlook is for 12 to 15 tropical storms, with six to eight systems becoming hurricanes, and two to four of those major hurricanes. […]
NOAA STRENGTHENS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CLIMATE STUDIES INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that an additional $678,000 would be included in a multi-year $9.7million agreement it signed with the Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (CICS) based at the University of Maryland (UMD) in College Park. NOAA is an agency […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
Lockwood Folly Inlet Survey Released 5-10-04 Download Your Copy HERE Lockwood Folly Inlet Survey Released 5-10-04 Download Your Copy HERE
NOAA COMMISSIONS COASTAL RESEARCH SHIP NANCY FOSTER May 10, 2004  NOAA welcomed its new vessel, the NOAA ship Nancy Foster, into its fleet ofresearch and survey ships Monday during a traditional maritime ceremony in Charleston, S.C. “Over the past two years, NOAA has made it a priority to modernize its fleet of ships, and […]
NOAA STRENGTHENS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTFOR METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE STUDIES INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that an additional $2.5 million will be included in the multi-year cooperative agreement it signed with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison. The agreement, initially […]
NOAA OUTLINES MANAGEMENT ISSUESFOR BILLFISH, SWORDFISH, TUNA AND SHARK FISHERIESSEEKS COMMENT ON OPTIONS IDENTIFIED BY CONSTITUENTS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released an issues and options paper for fisheries management of highly migratory species in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. The paper identifies potential management measures for billfish, swordfish, tunas […]
