Council Soliciting Input on Ecosystem Management The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council was tasked by Congress, together with the New England Council, South Atlantic Council, and the Gulf Council, to incorporate ecosystem considerations into fisheries management processes. The Mid-Atlantic Council has scheduled a series of scoping meetings to facilitate discussions with interested parties. The meetings will […]
NORTH CAROLINA PORTS RE-OPEN WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Captain of the Port for Wilmington has ordered a re-opening of the waters within the port to all vessel traffic. Both the ports at Wilmington and Morehead City, N.C., were closed prior to the arrival of Hurricane Ophelia. Immediately following the passing of Ophelia, Coast Guard Cutter […]
CoastWX.Org We are PLEASED to ANNOUNCE CoastWX.Org will be joining us here at FryingPanTower.Com. Please Welcome Robert Gilliam!! Rob ROCKS in the Weather World!! In the coming weeks you will notice some major changes to the site as we bring over Goodies from CoastWX and incorporate them into this site. You guys be sure to make […]
MID-ATLANTIC COAST GUARD PREPARING FOR OPHELIA PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard units throughout North Carolina and Virginia are making preparations for their response to Hurricane Ophelia, which is off the coast of North Carolina. Coast Guard crews are pre-positioning search and rescue, pollution response and aides to navigation assets for post storm response. The Captain […]
Atlantic Coastal States Schedule Public Hearings on Draft Addendum I to the Weakfish Plan: Public Comment Accepted until October 21, 2005Washington, DC – The Commission’s Weakfish Management Board has approved sending forward Draft Addendum I to Amendment 4 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Weakfish for public review and comment. The Draft Addendum was […]
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries ManagementScoping Meetings: September 26-October 24, 2005The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold scoping meetings for stakeholder groups and interested parties “to facilitate wide-ranging discussions with affected/interested parties and the general public in nine topic areas: (1) views regarding the adequacy of current approaches for addressing ecosystem considerations, (2) the nature of […]
OPHELIA NEARLY STATIONARY WITH NORTHERLY TRACK TO RESUME TODAY..NEW INFORMATION.HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM SO. SANTEE RIVER IN SO. CAROLINA TO SURF CITY IN NO. CAROLINA.INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR BLADEN & COLUMBUS COUNTIES OF SE NO. CAROLINA.& WILLIAMSBURG.MARION & FLORENCE OF NE SO. CAROLINA.AT 5 AM EDT.THE CENTER OF TROPICAL […]
OUTER RAINBANDS REACHING THE COAST AS OPHELIA CONTINUES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD.NEW INFORMATION.AT 8 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH.LONGITUDE 77.6 WEST.OR ABOUT 160 MILES SO. SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NO. CAROLINA OR ABOUT 145 MILES SE OF MYRTLE BEACH. THE LATEST MIN CNTL PRESSURE WAS 988 MB OR 29.18 […]
Hurricane Preparation By Captain Dave at FryingPanTower.Com #1. Your life is NOT worth any of the stuff you own. IF you are alive you can buy more stuff. Now does this mean run a thousand miles inland for a Cat 1 storm. No, I would not, but when the storm comes YOU need to be […]
OPHELIA NEARLY STATIONARY BUT ITS OUTER RAINBANDS ARE APPROACHING THE COAST.NEW INFORMATION.AT 8 AM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH.LONGITUDE 76.8 WEST.OR ABOUT 205 MILES SO. SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NO. CAROLINA. THE LATEST MIN CNTL PRESSURE WAS 985 MB OR 29.09 INCHES. OPHELIA IS NEARLY STATIONARY & A VERY […]
