Management Measures Proposed for 2005 Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Recreational Fisheries NOAA Fisheries Service has published a proposed rule with recreational measures for the 2005 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. The intent of these measures is to prevent overfishing. Total recreational landings of summer flounder for 2004 were an […]
Final Measures Issued for the 2005 Bluefish Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has published a final rule, including state-by-state commercial quotas, a recreational harvest limit, and recreational possession limits for bluefish off the east coast of the United States. This rule establishes allowable 2005 harvest levels and possession limits to attain the target fishing mortality rate […]
Fish and Wildlife Service proposes American crocodile in Florida to be downlisted from endangered to threatenedOne of America’s rarest reptiles, the American crocodile, has so improvedthat the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify it from“endangered” to the less-dire status of “threatened” in its Florida range.Annual monitoring of the crocodile’s distinct population segment […]
NOAA’s NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNOUNCES FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK: MARCH 21-25, 2005 March 18, 2005  The NOAA National Weather Service will host the first annual Flood Safety Awareness Week from March 21-25, 2005, to raise public attention to the dangers of flooding and ways to protect life and property. “No state or territory is […]
NOAA, NASA ANNOUNCE NEW RELATIONSHIP TO ACQUIRE ADVANCED GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES March 22, 2005  NOAA announced its acquisition management strategy for the upcoming Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Program. NOAA will be responsible for the GOES-R mission and will partner with NASA to achieve mission objectives. NASA, at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will […]
Council to Develop Framework to Allow Multi-State Recreational Harvest Limits for Summer Flounder The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Kill Devil Hills, NC last week and voted to initiate Framework 6 to its Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This framework is intended to be compatible with the […]
NOAA Fisheries Proposes Initial BFT Quotas and Effort Controls for 2005 Based on the 2002 quota recommended for the United States by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas (ICCAT), 2004 fishing year underharvests/overharvests, and the unused portion of the dead discard allowance, NOAA Fisheries proposes for the 2005 fishing year the quotas […]
UN Task Force Says Oceans Need Better Management The United Nations Task Force on Environmental Sustainability (Task Force 6) says that the world’s oceans need to be better managed and has outlined strategies to ensure their sustainability, according to a report released today in New York City. Oceans cover approximately 70 percent of the earth’s […]
ALERT – Plastic Fuel Fill Grounding Recent events have caused the boating industry to examine the policy regarding the bonding of plastic body fuel fills with metallic caps and retaining chains. Existing USCG & ABYC policy states that the bonding of these components is voluntary. A study by IMANNA Laboratories has shown that connecting the […]
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Atlantic Billfish Advisory Panels for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Atlantic Billfish to Meet; March 21-23 in Silver Spring, MD NOAA Fisheries Service will hold a joint meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) and Billfish Advisory Panels at: Holiday Inn8777 Georgia AvenueSilver Spring, MD The intent of this […]
