South Atlantic Council Moves Closer to Creating New Marine Protected Areas Amendment 14 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan was approved by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council during its March meeting. This Amendment would create a series of 8 marine protected areas in the South Atlantic to protect deep water snapper grouper species […]
Bluefin Tuna Limits Adjusted for Angling Category The daily Angling category retention limits for Atlantic bluefin tuna have been adjusted to maximize the usefulness of the information obtained from catches for biological sampling. Vessels permitted in the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling and HMS Charter/Headboat categories are eligible to land bluefin tuna under the HMS […]
NOAA Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Team Completes National Plan The NOAA Fisheries Artificial Reef Team, in partnership with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, has revised and updated the National Artificial Reef Plan. The plan, originally published in November 1985, was developed by the Secretary of Commerce under direction […]
Notice of Planned Buoy Removals I am forwarding a message from Caro-COOPS about planned buoy removals. Please let them know if you have any comments.http://carocoops.org/carocoops_website/notice.htm Notice of Planned Buoy Removals We regret that because of current NOAA budget cuts and probable additional cuts, we will be removing the following three Caro-COOPS ocean buoys during the […]
Coastal Communities Navigation Conference The Wilmington District US Army Corps of Engineers and North Carolina Division of Water Resources have scheduled a coastal communities navigation conference at 1:00 pm on April 10 , 2007. The meeting will be held at Pearsall Memorial Presbyterian Church located at 3902 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28403. The […]
ESTABLISHING A N. C. WILDLIFE RAMP DEAR FISHERMAN, FISHERWOMAN, PADDLER, JET SKIER, BOATER, WATER ENTHUSIAST AND ALL WHO LOVE BEING ON THE WATER. FOR OVER 1 ½ YEARS THE PROCESS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR ESTABLISHING A N. C. WILDLIFE RAMP, TO BE LOCATED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RTE. 58 TOWARDS EMERALD ISLE, AT […]
NOAA Fisheries Participates in Press Conference to Discuss Ending Overfishing NOAA Fisheries’ Assistant Administrator, Dr. Bill Hogarth joined representatives from National Geographic and the National Environmental Trust on March 20, 2007, for a press conference on the state of the world’s oceans. The recently reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act was a major focus of the event. The […]
SAFETY BOARD DETERMINES 2006 MASSACHUSETTS FERRY FIRE CAUSED BY DIESEL FUEL CONTACT WITH HOT ENGINE SURFACE ************************************************************Washington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the fire on board the small passenger vessel Massachusetts was the ignition of diesel fuel by contact with a hot engine surface, which occurred because […]
Caro-COOPS ocean buoys We regret that because of current NOAA budget cuts and probable additional cuts, we will be removing the following three Caro-COOPS ocean buoys during the next scheduled servicing cruise in April. Station FRP2 – Fripp Nearshore (NDBC No. 41033). Station CAP3 – Capers Mid-Shelf (NDBC No. 41030). Station SUN3 – Sunset Mid-Shelf […]
Workshops Scheduled on Gag and Red Grouper Assessments; Mar 19-22 and May 8-10 Stock assessments of Gulf of Mexico gag grouper, South Atlantic gag grouper, and Gulf of Mexico red grouper will receive additional scientific scrutiny through two supplemental workshops. An evaluation workshop will take place March 19 – 22, 2007 at the Southeast Fisheries […]
