HIGH WATER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON MANY WESTERN RIVERS INCLUDING THE OHIO, ILLINOIS AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Jan. 6) – Personnel from Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Pittsburgh are working with federal, state and local agency partners to secure several barges that broke loose during high water conditions on the Ohio River, today. HIGH WATER […]
NOAA RECEIVES NEW FISHERIES SURVEY VESSELAdvanced Capabilities Provide Unique Fisheries Research Platform Jan 6, 2005 NOAA took delivery yesterday of the first of a series of fisheries survey vessels from VT Halter Marine Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., in Pascagoula, Miss. This is NOAA’s first newly constructed fisheries survey vessel in more […]
POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI ON NEARSHORE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS Jan. 6, 2005  In addition to causing tremendous loss to human life and property, the tsunami that devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, may have also caused extensive environmental damage throughout the nearshore marine ecosystems in this region. […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of January 5, 2005, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category closed at 341.6 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 29.2 mt. Longline South: 10.2 mt. Purse seine category closed at 31.8 mt. The Angling category is currently open in […]
MANATEE MORTALITY 2004(Mortality data provided by Ken Arrison) St. Petersburg, FLâ€â€ÂÂÂBiologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) have confirmed that 276 manatees were documented to have died in state waters in 2004. While the total of 276 for 2004 appears to be a big drop from […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of January 4, 2005, fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 339.3 mt of a proposed quota of 359.0 mt. Harpoon category closed at 29.9 mt. Longline North: 29.2 mt. Longline South: 10.2 mt. Purse seine category closed at 31.8 mt. […]
TANKER ACCIDENT UPDATE NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into an accident earlier today where a 793-foot tanker struck a pier on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Westwego, La. There were no reports of injuries ashore or on the Maltese-flagged tanker Tsunami. A Coast Guard helicopter overflight observed […]
Public Affairs Office Receives Generous Digital Imaging Grant from Kodak through the National Park Foundation (Washington, D.C.) — Public Affairs chief, David Barna announced today that the National Park Service Office of Public Affairs has received $4,724 worth of professional digital photography equipment from Kodak through the National Park Foundation as part of the Proud […]
NOAA TEAM FREES WHALERare Endangered Right Whale Freed from Ropes and Buoys Jan 4, 2005 NOAA and its rescue team partners spent New Year’s Eve off South Carolina coast working to free a young endangered right whale entangled in ropes and buoys. The young Atlantic right whale was first spotted on Dec. 5 off the […]
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge to Rebuild Historic Pier The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge <http://mattamuskeet.fws.gov/swanquarter/> in Hyde County, North Carolina, today announced plans to rebuild the Bell Island Pier. “The pier was renovated in 2003 after Hurricane Floyd severely damaged it,” said Bruce Freske, refuge manager. Unfortunately, it was only open […]
