TOWING SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEEKS NEW MEMBERS WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard today began soliciting applications for five positions to the Towing Safety Advisory Committee that need to be received on or before April 30, 2006. The TSAC advises the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters relating to shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 02/15/06 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category CLOSED at 233.7 mt out of 708.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category CLOSED at: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt. Longline North: 22.9 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
COAST GUARD AND VMRC LOCATE OVERDUE BOATER WACHAPREAGUE, Va. – Coast Guard Station Wachapreague, Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and Virginia Marine Resources Commission crews located and assisted a boater in the vicinity of Great Machipongo Channel, Va., this morning. Silvia Timmons notified the Coast Guard of the overdue boat at 10 p.m. Thursday. Her […]
COAST GUARD RESCUED TWO COLD, STRANDED FISHERMEN ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City rescued two people stranded late last night when their boat ran aground on Champaign Island near Hereford Inlet at about 9 p.m. The 26-foot fishing vessel, Hadriane, was in too shallow of water for […]
Want to catch more fish in 2006? Fisherman’s Post Newspaper, the publication that covers all the saltwater fishing action along the Carolina coast, is hosting its first annual full-day Fishing School in 2006. The Fishing School is staffed by 10 local captains who will share their experience and insights on techniques, equipment, strategy, locations, terminal […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 02/15/06 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category CLOSED at 233.7 mt out of 708.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category CLOSED at: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt. Longline North: 22.9 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
SERVICE SEEKS PROPOSALS FROM STATES FOR 2006 ENDANGERED SPECIES GRANTS The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is now seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories interested in acquiring land or planning for endangered species conservation. Through the fiscal year 2006 appropriation from Congress, more than $70 million is available in the Cooperative Endangered Species […]
NOAA SURVEY SHOWS MOST FLOWER GARDEN BANKS CORAL REEFS RECOVERING FROM BLEACHING EVENTContinued Study May Provide Clues on Reef’s Resiliency The coral reefs of NOAA’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, located off the Texas-Louisiana coast, have begun to recover from what some observers feared would be a deadly coral bleaching event this past fall. […]
Administration Supports New Fisheries Habitat Initiative in DOI As momentum builds for the roll-out of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan this spring, a request for $3 million for the National Fish Habitat Initiative was announced as part of the President’s formal budget proposal to Congress for Fiscal Year 2007 as part of the Fish […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed voluntary guidelines The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed voluntary guidelines anda regulatory definition designed to help landowners and others understandhow they can help ensure that bald eagles continue to be protectedconsistent with existing law. The Service also reopened the public commentperiod on its original 1999 proposal […]
