NOAA DEPLOYS SEVEN NEW HURRICANE BUOYS June 17, 2005  The NOAA National Data Buoy Center launched six new weather data buoy stations designed to enhance hurricane monitoring and forecasting. The buoys have been deployed in key locations in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The center also deployed a seventh buoy […]
Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP)-Notice to Mariners The Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP) of the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNW) is seeking the co-operation of all mariners operating in the NC coastal ocean (specifically Onslow and Long Bays) to help safeguard the CORMP buoys and shore based moorings against vandalism. […]
Size Matters takes Big Rock lead June 17, 2005 MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – Size Matters, a Maryland-based boat captained by Josh Ruskey, grabbed the overall lead in the 47th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament Friday when it showed up at the scales with a 529-pounder that was reeled in by lady angler Gigi Wagoner. […]
Final Recreational Measures for Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Published NOAA Fisheries Service has published management measures for the recreational summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. The 2005 coastwide recreational harvest limits are 11.98 million lb for summer flounder, 3.96 million lb for scup, and 4.13 million lb for black sea […]
Atlantic Longline Take Reduction Team Established; First Meeting June 29-30 in Bethesda, MD NOAA Fisheries Service is establishing a Take Reduction Team (TRT) to address the incidental mortality and serious injury of long-finned pilot whales and short-finned pilot whales in the Atlantic region of the pelagic longline fishery. The agency will seek input from the […]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES 2005 OCEAN FISHERY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of 22 members to the eight regional fishery management councils. The councils, established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, prepare fishery management plans for marine fish stocks in their respective geographical areas of responsibility. The management plans are […]
Commi$$ion$ takes over third at Big Rock June 16, 2005 MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – The crew of the Commi$$ion$ set themselves up to claim a portion of the 47th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament $1,378,375 purse Thursday when they arrived at the scales with a 489.5-pounder.The blue marlin, reeled in by angler Ralph Webb […]
Lady Lou V’s second voyage yields second place in Big Rock June 15, 2005 MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – For the second time in as many days, the word “second” became the operative word of the 47th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.The Lady Lou V, captained by Paul Spencer, brought a 500-pound marlin to the […]
Drama with second place marks Big Rock’s second day June 14, 2005 MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – A 482-pound blue marlin caught Tuesday during the second day of the 47th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin competition proved heavy enough to take over second place in the standings at a time when most observers were wondering what […]
Fish and Wildlife Service conducts five-year status review of 25 threatened and endangered speciesThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced plans to conduct afive-year status review of 25 federally-listed, threatened and endangeredspecies. At the same time, the Service announced it is especiallyinterested in information on surviving populations of the southernacornshell mussel, upland combshell mussel, […]
