TWO MILESTONES FOR ARGO OCEAN ‘ROBOTS’: GLOBAL ARRAY 2/3 COMPLETE, 55,000th PROFILE NEAR The free-floating Argo “robot oceanographers,” a successful observation program that began in 2000 and is part of the global observing system to monitor Earth’s oceans, reached two milestones: two-thirds completion of the international global array and the collection of nearly 55,000 profiles […]
NOAA SOLICITS PUBLIC COMMENT ON RESEARCH PERMITTING PROCESS FOR STUDYING RIGHT WHALES NOAA Fisheries Service will host a series of public meetings to discuss the permitting process for research projects involving the endangered northern right whale in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The meetings will take place Nov. 3 through Jan. 19, 2006, in New […]
COAST GUARD CUTTER HARRIET LANE CREWED BY CGC TAMPA RETURNS HOME PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard cutter Harriet Lane will return home tomorrow afternoon following a 82-day patrol in the Caribbean under the command of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa’s crew. The crew of the Tampa became the first crew in Coast Guard history […]
NTSB RELEASES FINAL REPORT ON COLLISION BETWEEN U.S. SUBMARINE AND JAPANESE FISHING VESSELWASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board today released its final report on its investigation into the collision between a U.S. Navy submarine, the USS Greeneville, and a Japanese motor vessel, the Ehime Maru. The collision resulted in the sinking of the […]
New Control Date Announced for Snapper Grouper Fisheries The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is considering management measures to further limit participation or effort in the commercial fishery for snapper grouper species (excluding wreckfish) in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. Many species in the South Atlantic snapper grouper fishery are or […]
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING BOATER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard suspended it’s search this morning for Randy Squires, a man who went missing after the 15-foot skiff he was riding in capsized on the Neus River Friday evening. Coast Guard rescue crews from Station Hobucken and Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C. working […]
RESCUE TEAMS SEARCH FOR MAN MISSING IN NEUS RIVER PORTSMOUTH, VA. – Rescue crews from the Coast Guard, Pamlico County Sherriffs Office and Marine Air Station Cherry Point are searching for a man who was last seen going underwater after the15-ft skiff he was riding in capsized. Randy Squires, 43, a Pamlico, North Carolina area […]
The NCFA WEAKFISH MEETING on Tuesday, October 11 was well attended and both Preston Pate and Louis Daniel from the Division were here. The drastic reductions in weakfish harvesting being proposed by the ASMFC were soundly rejected by the NCFA members at the meeting and the North Carolina Division head heard one voice on the […]
MARINERS URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER, BE PREPARED ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– With the onset of Winter, the Coast Guard has issued the seasons first heavy weather bill in order to be better prepared in the event of an emergency at sea. The heavy weather bill was set Saturday as weather and sea conditions began to exceed […]
Hogarth Speaks at Sportfishing Summit Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization and implementation of NOAA’s Recreational Fishing Strategic Plan were on the agenda when Dr. Bill Hogarth spoke before members of the sportfishing industry on October 6. Dr. Hogarth returned for the third consecutive year as an invited speaker at the American Sportfishing Association’s annual Sportfishing Summit. His […]
