Category: NJ

Atlantic – Final Regulations Published for 2004 Spiny Dogfish Fishery NOAA Fisheries announced final specifications for the 2004-2005 spiny dogfish fishery in a rule that published on April 27, 2004. This action specifies a commercial quota for the spiny dogfish fishery to achieve the annual target fishing mortality rate (F) specified in the Spiny Dogfish […]

Mid-Atlantic – Reinstatement of Permit Requirements for the Tilefish Fishery In a final rule that published on April 26, 2004, NOAA Fisheries reinstated the permit requirements for commercial tilefish vessels. This final rule is based on additional information provided by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council that supports and explains the basis for the limited access […]

NOAA FISHERIES INVITES MARINE ANGLERS TO DISCUSS PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host the first in a series of constituent meetings on the West Coast and Hawaii to receive input for the development of a Recreational Fisheries Strategic Plan for the next five years. The first meeting […]

Resources Cmte Hearing on International Fishery IssuesApril 28, 2004 Thursday, April 29, Dr. William Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service, will testify before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans (Chair, Wayne Gilchrest, R-MD) on International Fishery Conservation and Management Issues. Resources Cmte Hearing on International Fishery IssuesApril […]

Vessel on Fire In Cape Fear River There is a vessel reported to be on Fire in the Cape Fear River near the junction of Snows Cut and The Cape Fear River. The Corp of Engineer Vessel Snell is on scene and assisting the vessel. According to initial reports from the vessel Sundarie the fire […]

Testimony by Admiral James D. Watkins, U.S. Navy (Retired), Chairman, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on April 22, 2004 Commission Chairman retired Admiral James D. Watkins, USN, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Senate Appropriations Committee on April […]

NOAA SEEKS COMMENTS ON AIR FORCE’S PROPOSAL TO CONDUCT WEAPONS TESTSTests May Adversely Affect Marine Mammals The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) is seeking comments on a proposed authorization for the U.S. Air Force to conduct activities that may have incidental impacts on marine mammals in […]

NOAA OFFERS NEW GEODESY EDUCATIONAL DISCOVERY KIT April 27, 2004 — A new online educational product, titled “Discovery Kits” is now available at the NOAA Web site. The kits were developed by the NOAA Ocean Service. The kit explains geodesy—the science that measures and monitors the size and shape of the Earth and identifies points […]

April 24, 2004 Friends of the South End We held our second protest today. WECT Channel 6 covered the protest as well as Willard Killough, the editor of the Island Gazette, who spent the day with us as well. South District Parks Superintendent Jud Burns came over to us and offered us the use of […]

47 COUNTRIES, EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGREE TO TAKE “PULSE OF THE PLANET”Milestone Summit Launches Plan to Revolutionize Understanding of How Earth Works April 26, 2004 — Recognizing that Earth’s most pressing problems know no geographic boundaries, ministers of 47 nations and the European Commission agreed Sunday to develop pioneering global architecture that will, over the next […]