Hearings Planned on Marine Protected Areas The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is planning a series of public hearings in September regarding Amendment 14 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 14 would establish a series of 8 marine protected areas (MPAs) in Federal waters off the South Atlantic to protect a portion of […]
Comment Period Extended for Proposed Rule to Address Ship Strikes of Endangered Right Whales On June 26, 2006 , NOAA Fisheries proposed regulations to implement speed restrictions on vessels longer than 65 ft in certain locations and at certain times of the year along the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. The proposal is designed to reduce the […]
COAST GUARD ATLANTIC AREA/FIFTH DISTRICT WINS COAST GUARD 2005 RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER PORTSMOUTH, Va.-The Coast Guard Atlantic Area/Fifth District Rescue Coordination Center won the Coast Guard’s 2005 Rescue Coordination Center Search and Rescue Controller of the Year Award. The search and rescue team included Lt. Cmdr. Karen Anderson, Lt. Flavio Baltazar, Lt. Bruce Tucker, Lt. […]
Landings of Large Medium and Giant Bluefin to date As of 08/03/2006 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The Coastwide General Category has landed 12.7 mt out of 1163.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category: 17.9 mt out of 124.0 mt to date. Longline North: 8.9 mt out of 150.4 mt […]
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Fisherman PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching for a scallop fisherman who fell overboard early this morning about 20 miles off Wachapreague, Va. The man was last seen at about 12:30 a.m. when he got up to use the bathroom. The crew of the fishing vessel Captain Garland […]
Good Samaritans Rescue Seven PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Good Samaritans rescued seven people from a sport fisher this morning about 30 miles east of Ocean City, Md. The Coast Guard received a report that the 60-foot Dream Catcher was taking on water at 5:30 a.m. The reporting vessel told Coast Guard controllers that several fishing boats in the area were coming to […]
North Carolina Man Rescued After Drifting at Sea for Four Hours Without a Lifevest Wrightsville Beach, N.C., – A North Carolina man was rescued this afternoon four hours after a good Samaritan reported seeing his 33-foot Contender boat at sea with no one aboard. William Bright, a 55-year-old Wilmington, N.C., resident, was rescued by a […]
Coast Guard Celebrates 216 Years of Service PORTSMOUTH, Va., – Local Coast Guard units plan on celebrating the Coast Guard’s 216th year of serving the American public and protecting the nations waterways tomorrow. August 4, 1790, the Revenue Cutter Service was born when the 1st Congress approved the building of 10 cutters to enforce tariff […]
Non-Native Aquarium Fish Found in Florida Waters; Citizens Asked to Help Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Sciences reports that the Red Sea Bannerfish has been found living on Paul’s Reef off Palm Beach, FL. This species is native to the Red Sea in the Middle East, but is […]
INVASIVE LIONFISH FOCUS OF NOAA RESEARCH CRUISEPublic Education About Invasive Species Part of Mission NOAA’s National Ocean Service researchers, in collaboration with the Essential Image Source Foundation, embarked today aboard the NOAA research vessel Nancy Foster to further examine the status in the Atlantic Ocean of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish. Research will be conducted off […]
