COAST GUARD RESCUES FISHERMEN – VIDEO/PHOTOS AVAILABLE MIAMI – A Coast Guard aircrew has rescued three fishermen whose vessel was adrift and without power in six- to-eight foot seas and sustained 20- to-30 knot winds 60-miles northeast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., today at about 2:30 p.m. Anthony Culler of Little River, S.C., Charlie Lee of […]
U.S. Seafood Consumption Declines Slightly in 2005; Dutch Harbor/Unalaska and New Bedford Remain Top U.S. Fishing Ports NOAA has just released its annual publication, Fisheries of the United States. Americans ate 16.2 pounds of fish and shellfish per person in 2005, a two percent decrease from the 2004 consumption figure of 16.6 pounds. Despite the […]
United States Pushes for Action at Global Tuna Summit The United States participated in the first ever joint meeting of the world’s five tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in Kobe, Japan during the week of January 22, 2007. These organizations are responsible for the management of highly migratory species, such as bluefin tuna and […]
COAST GUARD ENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING SHIP PILOT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Coast Guard crews have ended their search for a missing federal ship pilot who entered the water about two miles off the coast of Cape Henlopen, at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, Sunday night. Missing is Lynn Deibert, 52, a pilot with […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR MISSING SHIP PILOT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is searching this morning for a Chesapeake ship pilot who reportedly fell while boarding a freight ship off Cape Henlopen, at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Atlantic City were contacted […]
Loss of Whooping Cranes at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge After Storms Hit Central FloridaThe Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) regretfully announces theloss of the 18 juvenile whooping cranes at the Chassahowitzka NationalWildlife Refuge. The cranes died as a result of the storms that sweptthrough central Florida during the evening and early morning of February 1and […]
COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER SATURDAY WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard plans to close the Cape Fear River to all boat traffic from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday to ensure the safe passage of a ship delivering four new cranes to the port here. There is potential that the transit could […]
COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard will not be closing the Cape Fear River Friday, Feb. 2, as originally scheduled, for the transit of four new cranes to the port here.Heavy weather today prevented engineers from preparing the cranes to transit up the river, and sea conditions will […]
NOAA Seeking Proposals for Cooperative Fisheries Research The Mid-Atlantic Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program provides a mechanism to fund research and compensate vessels through the sale of fish harvested under a research quota. Up to 3 percent of the total allowable landings (TAL) in certain Mid-Atlantic fisheries may be dedicated to research endeavors under the RSA […]
NOAA Scientists Study Potential Bias in Recreational Surveys The 2006 National Research Council review of NOAA Fisheries’ recreational fisheries data program pointed out some factors that may cause overestimates or underestimates of catch and effort figures. Over the past year, NOAA Fisheries scientists have been evaluating these and other sources of potential bias in hopes […]
