Category: NJ

NC GUARD ISABEL RELIEF March 12, 2004 WASHINGTON – North Carolina will receive almost $1.7 million in federal reimbursements for the state’s National Guard relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Isabel, Senator John Edwards announced Friday.“Our National Guard was there when we needed it after Isabel,” Senator Edwards said. The money is distributed by […]

NOAA’S NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY MARKS LAUNCH OF NATION’S FIRST NEW NICKEL IN 66 YEARS IN PHILADELPHIA CEREMONIES The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Geodetic Survey (NGS) helped launched the new “Westward Journey Nickel Seriesâ„¢” Jefferson nickel that marks the bicentennials of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition with the placement […]

NOAA SATELLITES HELP RESCUE BOATERS IN DISTRESS March 12, 2004 — Ten people were pulled to safety Tuesday after their boat capsized near Manele Bay, an area close to Lanai, Hawaii. The dramatic rescue was triggered after a crew member aboard the vessel, Paragon I, activated an emergency beacon at 2:15 p.m. local time—15 minutes […]

TEN NOAA SCIENTISTS AMONG ‘TOP CITED’ WITHIN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY NOAA scientists are among the world’s “most influential” as far as scientific citations go, according to an international scientific database. Researchers cite, or refer to, published work of others in their field, and how often an author is cited provides a measure of the impact of […]

NOAA SCIENTISTS TO KICK OFF NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARINE MAMMALS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) and scientists from various academic institutions are sponsoring a free national lecture series on marine mammals and human noise. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department […]

NOAA FISHERIES UPDATES FISHERIES RESEARCH PLAN The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) has released the 2004 update of the Strategic Plan for Fisheries Research, which outlines the agency’s research direction and priorities for the coming years, announced the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “From enhancing our scientific capabilities to improving the […]

NOAA OBTAINS $10,000 SETTLEMENTFOR DEBRIS DUMPED IN FLORIDA KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY TO ATTRACT LOBSTERS The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has obtained a settlement in the case of two men charged with placing debris into the waters of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to attract lobsters for commercial harvest. “With this […]

NOAA RELEASES SONAR IMAGERY OF BOW MARINER WRECK March 5, 2004 — Two multi-beam sonar images taken by the NOAA ship RUDE on Thursday, March 4, of the sunken tanker BOW MARINER were authorized for release by the U.S. Coast Guard today. The images are among a suite of side-scan sonar and multi-beam images provided […]

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NOAA SHIP LOCATES WRECK OF BOW MARINER Agency Brings Scientific Assets to Environmental Assessment and Search Missions  March 2, 2004 — The NOAA ship Rude today found the wreckage of Bow Mariner, a 570-foot tanker that sank 50 nautical miles east of Chincoteague, Va., on Feb. 28, 2004. The ship sank in about 250 feet […]