ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of October 29, 2004 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 206.5 mt. Harpoon category has landed 29.9 mt. Longline North: 18.0 mt. Longline South: 9.3 mt. Purse seine category 31.9 mt. The Angling category is currently open in all areas […]
Fisheries Administrator Meets with Key Representatives of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Community On Thursday, October 28, Dr. Bill Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, briefed key representatives and organizations of the saltwater sportfishing community to discuss important saltwater recreational issues including the striped bass draft environmental impact statement, northwest salmon, recreational data and statistics, marine protected […]
THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM AND NOAA TO BREAK GROUND ON USS MONITOR CENTER The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, today broke ground at the Newport News, Va.-based museum on the USS Monitor Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art exhibition and conservation facility focused on the famed Civil War ironclad. NOAA is an agency […]
MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS ARE CATCHING – AND RELEASING – MORE FISH Marine recreational anglers have been catching more fish in recent years, but they are also releasing their catch more often, according to new data included in a report by NOAA Fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.9 MILLION TO THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FOR OYSTER RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $1.9 million to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to support an Oyster Restoration Monitoring Program in Virginia. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will finance the restoration […]
NOAA FISHERIES SEEKS YOUR INPUT ON NEW DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN Building on the new NOAA Strategic Plan, NOAA Fisheries has drafted a new Strategic Plan to guide our stewardship activities for living marine resources over the next five years, 2005 to 2010. This draft plan has been put together as a starting point and now […]
RECORD WETNESS IN EAST CONTRASTS WITH DRYNESS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EARLY SNOW IN ALASKA Oct. 14  Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which battered the United States last month, were enough to break rainfall records for September in states throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast. Overall, temperature and precipitation were above average across […]
FUTURE NOAA SPACECRAFT WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA’S COASTAL WATERS Oct. 19, 2004  Scientists from NOAA, NASA, the Office of Naval Research and academia are looking to use data from a highly advanced imaging deviceâ€â€ÂÂÂset to go onboard the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R)â€â€ÂÂÂto track red tides, oil spills, upwelling […]
Summary of 4-7 October Council Meeting in Ronkonkoma, NY The public The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met in Ronkonkoma, NY from October 4 through October 7. During its meeting, it convened six of its committees, recommended dogfish management measures for the 2005/2006 fishing year, approved Amendment 2 of the Joint Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) […]
CONTEST TO NAME NOAA’S SHIP FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION; OCEAN AGENCY PROVIDES DETAILS ON COMPETITION FOR STUDENT TEAMS Oct. 15, 2004  NOAA, in partnership with Coastal America and the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, provided details today on a nationwide contest for teams of students to choose a name for a newly acquired NOAA […]
