Coast Guard, others search for man over board from Bering Sea crab boat JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard helicopter crew along with an Alaska State Trooper fixed-wing aircraft and four Good Samaritan vessels are currently searching for a man over board 150 miles northwest of Saint Paul. The Coast Guard received notification at about […]
Fishing boat sinks with 6 people on board ANCHORAGE, Alaska-An urgent search is currently underway in the North Pacific for three fishermen from a crab boat that presumably sank this morning. There were six people on board, three were recovered already. One crewmember, Cache Seel, is doing well in the Saint Paul clinic, one has […]
NOAA’S NEW SHIP TARGETS PATH-FINDING OCEAN EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH Jan 18, 2005  A new NOAA ship will go boldly on a mission to further explore the world’s oceans. “We want NOAA’s newly converted ship to become the international symbol vessel for ocean exploration and research,” said Stephen Hammond, acting director of the NOAA Office […]
RESCUE UNDERWAY FOR 30 BEACHED WHALES PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A pod of 25 to 30 pilot whales have beached themselves across approximately five miles of beach near Oregon Inlet, N.C., this morning. NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) coordinates response to marine mammal strandings throughout the U.S. with the help of many partners who […]
U.S. ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR AN IMPROVED TSUNAMI DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEM Jan 14, 2005  Plans were announced today to expand the U.S. tsunami detection and warning capabilities as a contribution of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, or GEOSSâ€â€ÂÂÂthe international effort to develop a comprehensive, sustained and integrated Earth observation system. The plan […]
Artificial Reefs Providing New Habitat for Fish Staff members from NOAA Fisheries and NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries have been working with the Navy and the U.S. Maritime Administration to help the states procure and prepare former naval ships for use as artificial reefs. Almost every state on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts has prepared a […]
Public Comments Sought on Changes to NOAA’s Civil Procedures NOAA’s Office of General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Civil Procedures. These procedures determine administrative proceedings for the assessment of civil penalties; suspension, revocation, modification or denial of permits; issuance of written warnings; and release or forfeiture […]
NOAA ACTIVATES 500TH OBSERVATION, REFERENCE STATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announces the 500th site into its National Continuously Operating Reference Station network, which spans the United States, most of its territories and a few foreign countries. Administered under the NOAA Ocean Service’s National Geodetic Survey, each CORS site features a ground-based sensor that […]
KINGFISHER THE ENTANGLED RIGHT WHALE RE-SIGHTED OFF THE GEORGIA COASTEndangered Animal Survives Entanglement, Appears Healthy Jan 13, 2005  Kingfisher, the young male endangered North Atlantic right whale that was partially disentangled from fishing gear by a NOAA rescue team last March, was spotted off Cumberland, Ga., on Tuesday. NOAA team members and the Provincetown […]
COAST GUARD CONTINUES SEARCH FOR MISSING FISHING BOAT CREW MEMBER GALVESTON, Texas- Coast Guard rescue crews are continuing the search this morning for a missing crew member from the fishing vessel I Don’t Know, which capsized and partially sank Tuesday a half mile south of Grand Chenier, La. Missing is Belinda Sue Williams, 46, of […]
