Council to Develop Controlled Access System for Mackerel The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Hampton, VA last week to review the status of Amendment 9 to its Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan; comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’ (NMFS) proposed rule regarding the incidental take of bottlenose dolphin and […]
NOAA Fisheries Asks the National Academy of Sciences to Study Seafood Benefits and Risks NOAA Fisheries has contracted with the National Academy of Sciences to recommend approaches to decision-making in selecting seafood. The study objectives include: 1. Estimating current levels of exposure to naturally-occurring and introduced toxicants in seafood; 2. Assessing the availability of specific […]
NOAA Defines Criteria for Marine Managed Areas NOAA has published a final notice that defines the criteria for Marine Managed Areas and responds to public comments that were submitted on the draft criteria. The criteria for Marine Managed Areas were developed in response to Executive Order 13158 of 2000 on Marine Protected Areas. A key […]
New Inlet Surveys Added Bogue Inlet 01-12-05 Carolina Beach Inlet 01-26-05 Topsail Beach Inlet 01-20-05 OREGON INLET BAR 01-26-05 New Inlet Surveys Added Bogue Inlet 01-12-05 Carolina Beach Inlet 01-26-05 Topsail Beach Inlet 01-20-05 OREGON INLET BAR 01-26-05
NOAA SEEKS EXPERTS TO REVIEW AGENCY’S ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH AND SCIENCE ENTERPRISE The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks a team of experts to review its mix of scientific activities and organization of its ecosystem research and science. The review team will recommend steps to meet the needs of NOAA’s mandate to effectively assess and monitor […]
NOAA Reports Heightened Space Weather For the past five days, forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center (SEC) in Boulder , Colo. , have observed all types of space weather: radio blackouts, solar radiation storms, and geomagnetic storms. Currently, space weather forecasters are observing a moderate (G-2) geomagnetic storm and a minor (S-1) solar radiation […]
VT HALTER MARINE TO BUILD A THIRD FISHERIES SURVEY VESSEL FOR NOAA VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc., announced that it will build another Fisheries Survey Vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA exercised its option for the third of four planned vessels under an existing contract. This […]
NOAA INTRODUCES NOWCOAST WEB MAPPING PORTALWeb Site Combines Information for Easier Accessibility In a continuing effort to improve maritime safety and commerce and to monitor physical changes in weather, oceanographic and river conditions, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, introduces nowCOAST. nowCOAST is a Web mapping portal providing the coastal community with real-time coastal […]
Special Investigative Unit of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Receives Council’s 2004 Fishery Achievement Award The Special Investigative Unit of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission received the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council) 2004 Fisheries Achievement Award at the Council’s meeting in Hampton, Virginia on January 19. The award was received by Colonel Steven Bowman (on […]
Corps and Coast Guard work cooperatively to address shoaled inlets WILMINGTON, NC – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is working closely with the United States Coast Guard as the Coast Guard plans to remove entire buoy systems from four dangerously shoaled inlets along the North Carolina Coast. These inlets are Lockwoods Folly […]
