SAFETY BOARD DETERMINES CAUSE OF STATEN ISLAND FERRY ACCIDENTWashington, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a fatal accident involving a Staten Island ferry was the assistant captain’s unexplained incapacitation and the failure of the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) to implement and oversee safe, […]
McIntyre Announces $370,000 for Carolina Beach Inlet Dredging Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre announced today that he has secured $370,000 in emergency funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Carolina Beach Inlet. Congressman McIntyre stated, “This is a great victory for our area! It is fantastic news for Carolina Beach […]
Jones Secures Additional Funding To Dredge Bogue Inlet and New River Inlet Money will allow both inlets to be dredged twice in Fiscal Year 2005 Washington, D.C.- Third District Representative Walter B. Jones announced today that help is on the way for Eastern North Carolina’s coastal inlets. Jones has been working diligently with the Army […]
Carolina Beach Inlet Receives $370,000 in Emergency Funds! Mayor Dennis Barbour just called me and announced that Mike McIntyre had announced that Carolina Beach Inlet was to receive 370,000 dollars in Emergency Funding for the 2005 season. What does this mean? This means that we get 2 dredgings during the 2005 season. That should be enough for […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.4 MILLION TO SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today awarded $1.4 million today to the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium to further its mission of coastal environmental stewardship, education, and community involvement. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. “This money will ensure that South […]
Seafood Dealer Fined $50,000 for Purchase of Illegal Bluefin NOAA Fisheries Service has cited a Massachusetts seafood dealer with a $50,000 Notice of Violation and Assessment for purchasing tuna harvested by a vessel in violation of the catch limit for Atlantic bluefin tuna. “It’s important for fishermen to know that our office and our Massachusetts […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Working with Volunteers to Rescue Stranded Dolphins in the Florida Keys NOAA Fisheries Service scientists and volunteers are continuing their efforts to save dozens of dolphins stranded in the Florida Keys. More than 60 rough-tooth dolphins were found on flats and sandbars and in a nearby canal Wednesday about a quarter mile […]
Final Bluefin Tuna Quotas; New Catch-and-Release Provisions Established NOAA Fisheries Service has announced Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas for each of the domestic fishing categories, and general category effort controls that will be effective through May 31, 2005. This final rule also establishes a catch-and-release provision, in addition to the existing tag-and-release program. Effective April 4, […]
NOAA Releases Coastal Population Trend Report Population Trends Along the Coastal United States: 1980-2008, (PDF) a report that presents an overview of coastal population trends from 1980 to 2003 and the projected change in coastal population by 2008. This report details the ever-increasing movement of the U.S. population to coastal counties. Fifty-three percent of the […]
Crowd focuses on risk to inlets Shoaling deemed threat to economyBy JERRY ALLEGOOD, Staff WriterSWANSBORO — Shallow inlets that divide the coastal barrier islands brought together hundreds of people Thursday who are worried that losing the inlets to sandbars will threaten the entire coast.About 600 people packed the Rotary Civic Center in Swansboro for a […]
