Category: SC

NCRR Reports A “Safe” Form of Mercury in Fish? Fish are often contaminated with methylmercury, which has been linked to neurological damage and increased heart attack risk. Scientists differ as to whether methylmercury levels ordinarily found in fish are high enough to be of health concern. However, recent evidence indicates that the form of methylmercury […]

I Want to Live for Two Weeks Underwater in Aquarius Because… A Writing Contest For NOAA and UNCW’s Aquarius – America’s Inner Space Station Entries must be received by April 9th, 2004. Located 20 meters beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, next to deep coral reefs in the Florida Keys, lies Aquarius—the world’s only […]

Carolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 4-01-04 You can Download HERECarolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 4-01-04 You can Download HERE

Juvenile right whale Kingfisher.  Update, 4/3/04: At 9:30pm, 4/2/04, the telemetry buoy that had been the primary tool for tracking this whale, moved into the harbor at Cape May, New Jersey and stopped.  The captain of a fishing vessel based in Cape May, New Jersey, called the Disentangement Network hotline this morning to report that […]

NOAA DEPUTY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER NAMED ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS Bill Turnbull, deputy chief information officer of the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has been named by HPCwire as one of the “Top People to Watch” in 2004. HPCwire is a worldwide trade publication for the high performance […]

South Atlantic – Public Scoping Meetings Scheduled for Mackerel Fishery The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a series of scoping meetings from April 20-29 throughout the Atlantic to solicit public input on options regarding the current moratorium on the issuance of commercial king mackerel permits. The moratorium is scheduled to expire on October […]

Kingfisher is 35 miles offshore 4/2/04: This morning, Kingfisher is 35 miles offshore and is passing outside the entrance to Delaware Bay. See plot. His velocity continued to average just over 2 knots overnight. There is a slight lull in the otherwise very poor weather forecast today – however, conditions are far from favorable for […]

NOAA Fisheries Seeks Public Comment on a Proposed International Trade Permit for Tuna and Swordfish NOAA Fisheries has proposed modifications to its international trade tracking programs. These changes are necessary to implement conservation and management recommendations from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. The proposed rule […]