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NOAA’S UNITED STATES COAST PILOT NAUTICAL BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET Acting upon President Bush’s “E-Government” initiative to make information easily accessible to the public, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has made the set of United States Electronic Coast Pilot books available on the Internet. Provided by NOAA National Ocean Service’s Office […]

NOAA FISHERIES SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT GUIDELINES

NOAA FISHERIES SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT GUIDELINES The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) has opened a public comment period through an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) addressing potential revisions to the essential fish habitat (EFH) guidelines. Those who wish to comment on the potential […]

RARITAN

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS SEARCH AROUND LORAN RATES FOR A MINIMUM OF 300M. A S1, 2500Mì SEARCH ABOUT THE STATED POSITION IS STILL REQUIRED IF THE ì VERIFIED WRECK IS NOT INTACT. HISTORY H6539/1939-40-REFERENCE NM21/42(1590)– WRECK ADDED TO CHART 11520 (NOTICE UNAVAILABLE). NM9/44(702)– A SEARCH HAS FAILED TO LOCATE THE WRECK IN LAT ì 33-31-00N, LONG […]

Hazardous Conditions in the Channel between Oregon Inlet and Wanchese

December 4, 2003 Dear Interested Party: Due to the hazardous conditions in the channel between Oregon Inlet and Wanchese, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF) will allow flounder to be landed in Virginia if it was caught during the current ten-day period ending at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 5. All fishermen holding […]

SS John D. Gill

25 miles off the Cape Fear coast. The torpedo from the German sub hit the tanker John D. Gill amidships, tearing the heavy metal plates of the hull like flower petals. A geyser of Texas crude erupted from the gash, forced out by pressure from the million gallons behind it. Within a minute, the slick […]

UNKNOWN

HISTORY F00052WD/43-44–NO.778; WRECK LOCATED IN LAT 34/10/00N, LONG 76/ ì 36/30W IN 100FT OF WATER, WITH A LEAST ECHOSOUNDER DEPTH OF ì 100FT. ATTACHED DATA INDICATES THE VESSEL TO BE AN OLD WOODEN ì WRECK, FLAT ON BOTTOM, DOWN A LONG TIME. VISIBLE IN PICTURES; MUCH ì MARINE GROWTH, WOODEN HULL AND WRECKAGE. LETTERS ON […]

NOAA TO COMMISSION NEW CLIMATE MONITORING NETWORK

A new, high-tech climate monitoring network designed by NOAA scientists keep tabs on the nation’s temperature and precipitation trends is set to debut nationwide in January 2004. The U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN) will improve the ability of America’s decision-makers to form policies about programs impacted by climate variability and change. NOAA, the National Oceanic […]

MOUNT DIRFYS

HISTORY CL31/37–NM94/36; 12/31/36; GREEK STEAMER WAS ABANDONED ON FRYING PAN SHOALS, 3.6 MILES 322 DEGREES FROM FRYING PAN SHOALS LT WHIS BY 2 IN 4 FMS OF WATER; MAIN DECK AND SUPERSTRUCTURE ARE ABOVE WATER; CHARTED IN LAT 33-36-54N, LONG 77-51-42W. NM24/38– CL866/56–CGS-SPECIAL WK REPORT; LOCAL INFORMATION IS THAT THIS SHIP BROKE INTO THREE PIECES […]

AWOS Database File (Dload Section) for CASSIMER

HISTORY F00155WD/56– CS-377-PBS; FE NO. 14 1957WD; SHORAN CONTROL; WRECK FOUND BY ECHO SOUNDER IN LAT. 33-57.95N, LONG. 77-01.85W IN GENERAL DEPTHS OF 110 FEET. DRAG GROUNDED ON THE WRECK WITH 42 FEET EFFECTIVE DEPTH. SHOALEST SOUNDING OBTAINED ON THE GROUNDING WAS 38.5 FEET. WRECK CLEARED BY 36.5 FEET. NM34/56– NORTH CAROLINA-CAPE FEAR VICINITY-WRECK INFORMATION; […]

INVASIVE MARINE SPECIES FOUND ON GEORGES BANK

Woods Hole, Mass. – Researchers have found what is believed to be an invasive species of sea squirt on the northern edge of Georges Bank, colonizing a 6.5 square mile area about 160 miles off outer Cape Cod, at a depth of just over 150 feet. These siphon-feeding animals form dense mats, made of many […]