Category: SCA

BARNUM NAMED DIRECTOR OF NOAA OFFICE OF COAST SURVEYServes as Chief Hydrographer for the United States NOAA Corps Capt. Steven R. Barnum has been named as the new director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, where he will be the nation’s chief hydrographer, responsible for overseeing NOAA’s hydrographic services, including the mapping and charting of […]

NOAA Researchers Propose to Tag Sharks and Other Species in Closed Area NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center has requested a scientific research permit for the collection, tagging, and release of highly migratory species (HMS), including collection efforts in the Northeastern U.S. closed area. Research would be conducted aboard the NOAA vessel Delaware II. Through this […]

U.S. CORAL REEF TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES NEW CONSERVATION INITIATIVES AIMED AT REDUCING ILLEGAL AQUARIUM TRADE IN REEF FISH;NOAA RULES ON NEW PROTECTIONS FOR THREATENED CORAL SPECIES The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force announced a new coral reef conservation initiative aiming for stronger enforcement of aquarium reef fish trade harvesting regulations, and endorsed designating 2008 as […]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards Southeast conservation partners for contributions during FY 2005Jack Elrod, author/illustrator of the conservation-minded Mark Trail comic strip, was among 17 partners that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service honored today in Atlanta. They were awarded for their outstanding contributions to wildlife and natural resource conservation.“The people, businesses, government agencies, […]

The Carousel Center Fishing Tournament Saturday, June 3rd, 2006 Prizes awarded for Heaviest Flounder 1st Place $1000.00 cash 2nd Place $500.00 cash Raffles, Door Prizes Weigh-in Station and Registration Inlet Watch Yacht Club Carolina Beach, NC Registration up until 7 PM on June 2nd, 2006 $30.00 per angler All proceeds to benefit The Carousel Center […]

INTERNATIONAL TREATY DESIGNED TO RESTORE/PROTECT OZONE LAYER WORKING, SAY SCIENTISTS Countries world wide have controlled the production and use of ozone-eating chlorine compounds, and the Earth’s atmosphere appears to be recovering from losses of “good” ozone in the upper reaches of the atmosphere. These findings were published in the journal Nature. A paper by Betsy […]

New Rule to Protect Bottlenose Dolphins A new final rule implements additional requirements designed to reduce the serious injury and death of bottlenose dolphins stock in the mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fishery and eight other coastal fisheries. This rule also revises the large mesh size restriction under the mid-Atlantic large mesh gillnet rule for conservation of […]

Annual “List of Fisheries” Proposed; Classifications Reflect Levels of Harm to Marine Mammals NOAA Fisheries Service has published the Proposed List of Fisheries for 2006, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The proposed List of Fisheries for 2006 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine mammals. Each commercial fishery […]

NOAA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NAVY’S PROPOSED MARINE MAMMAL INCIDENTAL HARASSMENT AUTHORIZATION NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking comments now through May 24 on the U.S. Navy’s proposal to conduct Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) exercises, utilizing tactical mid-frequency sonar, around the Main Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is a multi-national training exercise that has […]

AREA WHERE HURRICANES DEVELOP IS WARMER, SAY NOAA SCIENTISTS May 1, 2006 — The region of the tropical Atlantic where many hurricanes originate has warmed by several tenths of a degree Celsius over the 20th century, and new climate model simulations suggest that human activity, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, may […]