SEARCH FOR PHILLIP MERRILL CONTINUES PORTSMOUTH, Va – Coast Guard and Maryland Natural Resources Police crews continue the effort to locate Phillip Merrill, 72 after he and his 41-foot sail boat were reported overdue Saturday evening. A 41-foot Utility Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, a boatcrew from Station Oxford along with a helicopter […]
Critical Habitat Re-Proposed for the Wintering Population of Piping Plovers in North Carolina – Public invited to comment –The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to redesignate critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) along portions of the coast in Dare and Hyde counties, North Carolina.Areas proposed for re-designation […]
Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Sailor Portsmouth, Va. – Coast Guard and Maryland Natural Resources Police continue their search for Philip Merrill, 72, a former Assistant Secretary General to NATO. The search for Merrill began Saturday evening after he was reported overdue from a day trip on Chesapeake Bay. Search crews located Merrill’s sailboat […]
USCG PILOT KILLED IN VIETNAM TO BE HONORED IN CEREMONY PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard will honor one of its fallen heroes in a ceremony at Integrated Support Command Portsmouth at 8:30 a.m. Friday. Friday marks the anniversary of Lt. Jack C. Rittichier’s helicopter being shot down while flying a rescue mission in Vietnam […]
COAST GUARD TO ENFORCE BOATING TRAFFIC ON ELIZABETH RIVER FOR THIS WEEKEND’S HARBOR FEST PORTSMOUTH, Va. — With this weekend’s Norfolk Harbor Fest about to commence, the Coast Guard will be enforcing safety zones on the Elizabeth River Friday through Sunday. The Coast Guard will be enforcing boating traffic between Towne Point Reach on the […]
NOAA Scientists Report on Lingering Effects of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill NOAA has been involved in evaluating the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which took place on March 24, 1989 when the tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, AK. NOAA continues to […]
Bluefin Tuna Measures Provide for a School-Size Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has published a final rule to set Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas and effort controls, with some changes from the proposed rule. Based on a new analysis of the methodologies used to estimate recreational harvest, the final rule includes a 40.9 metric ton increase in […]
NOAA RELEASES ANNUAL COMPILATION OF AGENCY ECONOMIC STATISTICS June 5, 2006  NOAA released its statistics on economic impacts of agency products and services. The publication provides a consistent set of economic statistics for NOAA management, as well as national policy makers and the general public. “Knowing the economic impacts of NOAA’s programs helps us […]
NOAA EDUCATES BEACHGOERS ON HOW TO BREAK THE GRIP OF THE RIP® June 2, 2006  Alerting beachgoers to the threat of rip currents and how to escape their strong and potentially fatal grip is the focus of NOAA’s national Rip Current Awareness Week, June 4-10, 2006. Rip currents are narrow channels of fast-moving water […]
NMFS Announces 2006 Bluefin Quotas and Effort Controls For a full description of this action please visit the library. The BFT retention limits are as follows: The coastwide General category Atlantic BFT fishery will reopen on June 1, 2006. The daily retention limit will be three large medium or giant BFT (73 inches or greater) […]
