Category: RI

  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 device—set to go onboard the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R)—to track red tides, oil spills, upwelling […]

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 […]

PROPOSED CHANGES TO NOAA’S CIVIL PROCEDURE REGULATIONS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing amendments and technical refinements to its Civil Procedures, found at 15 C.F.R Part 904. The proposed amendments were published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2004 and can be found at 69 FR 60569 or online at http://www.regulations.gov. […]

Admin Note: As of today this is the lonfgest anyone has ever kept a White Shark alive an Aquarium setting. MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM PUTS YOUNG WHITE SHARK IN MILLION-GALLON OUTER BAY EXHIBIT The Monterey Bay Aquarium placed a small white shark on exhibit Tuesday evening (September 14), three weeks after she was caught inadvertently in […]

ICCAT Advisory Committee Meets October 21 in Silver Spring, MD The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet October 21-22 at the Hilton Hotel in Silver Spring MD, to continue its preparations for the 2004 annual meeting of ICCAT. Registration will begin at […]

NOAA Fisheries Announces Grants to Study Foreign Oysters for Chesapeake NOAA will provide $2 million for research into whether the introduction of an Asian oyster could be a safe answer to the woes of the Chesapeake Bay native oyster. The research initiative is made of 13 separate projects that will provide the necessary science to […]

National Research Council to Study NOAA’s Recreational Data Collection Program The National Research Council will conduct a thorough review of the agency’s recreational fishing data collection program. Undertaken as part of the agency’s newly developed strategic plan for recreational fisheries, this project responds to fisheries managers’ increasing need for timely information on recreational fishing effort, […]

NOAA Fisheries Participates in National Conference on Economic Impact Modeling Federal legislation requires an analysis of the potential economic impacts of fisheries management and regulations, and economic impact modeling is an important part of NOAA Fisheries’ work. For recreational fisheries, the focus is on determining the economic impacts associated with angler purchases on trip-related expenses […]

Wrightsville Beach Luncheon to Thank Congressman McIntyre for Dredging Support The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) is holding a half-day annual meeting in Wrightsville Beach, NC on October 26, 2004. It will take place at the Blue Water Grill, 4 Marina St. next to the Wrightsville Beach Marina and Yacht Club. The meeting will begin […]

Boating Plays Significant Role in Coastal Waterways Tourism The ECU tourism conference held last week provided good reason for optimism for coastal waterways tourism and its increasing economic impact in eastern North Carolina. More than 49 million tourists leave over $12.6 billion behind in North Carolina annually, with the coastal region credited with just under […]