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NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONNECTS WITH COMMUNICATION NETWORK TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working with the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to establish a new communication link with NOAA’s National Weather Service to increase public safety through improved dissemination of weather forecasts and warnings. NOAA is an agency of […]

738-foot Freighter Selendang Ayu Sits in Two Pieces ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The 738-foot freighter Selendang Ayu sits in two pieces and hard aground off the northern shore of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Island chain.  Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game738-foot Freighter Selendang Ayu Sits in Two Pieces ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The 738-foot freighter Selendang Ayu sits in […]

NOAA: WHERE SCIENCE CREATES VALUE FOR AMERICA Dec. 16, 2004 — NOAA, the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a science-based agency with nearly 12,500 employees across the nation who work each day to preserve the nation’s natural resources, protect the lives and property of its citizens and support the economy. The agency […]

ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 15, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 284.2 mt of a possible 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 28.7 mt. Longline South: 9.8 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]

NOAA OFFERS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE ON LIONFISH, OTHER TOOLS A new educational case study on the lionfish—a venomous invasive species from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans that is found off the coast of the mid-Atlantic—is now available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department […]

NOAA FISHERIES DELAYS DECISION ON STRIPED BASS FISHING IN FEDERAL WATERS NOAA Fisheries will wait until the completion of a new striped bass stock assessment in 2005 before deciding whether to re-open federal waters in the Atlantic to striped bass fishing. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has recommended that NOAA Fisheries remove the current […]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Regulations Governing Revocationof Incidental Take PermitsThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today published in the Federal Registernew regulations covering incidental take permits issued under theEndangered Species Act.  The regulations describe circumstances in whichthe Service may revoke these permits.The Service grants incidental take permits to landowners who havevoluntarily agreed to […]

ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of December 14, 2004, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 282.8 mt of a possible 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 28.7 mt. Longline South: 9.8 mt. Purse seine category 31.3 mt. The Angling category is […]

PROACTIVE PROGRAM FOR WHITE MARLIN, OTHER SPECIES OF CONCERN NOAA Fisheries Northeast Region is working on a “Proactive Conservation Program for Species of Concern.” Species of Concern are ones that NOAA has been petitioned to list as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, such as the Atlantic white marlin. The agency has determined […]