Category: SCA

THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM AND NOAA TO BREAK GROUND ON USS MONITOR CENTER The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, today broke ground at the Newport News, Va.-based museum on the USS Monitor Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art exhibition and conservation facility focused on the famed Civil War ironclad. NOAA is an agency […]

MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS ARE CATCHING – AND RELEASING – MORE FISH Marine recreational anglers have been catching more fish in recent years, but they are also releasing their catch more often, according to new data included in a report by NOAA Fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department […]

NOAA AWARDS $1.9 MILLION TO THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FOR OYSTER RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $1.9 million to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to support an Oyster Restoration Monitoring Program in Virginia. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will finance the restoration […]

NOAA FISHERIES SEEKS YOUR INPUT ON NEW DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN Building on the new NOAA Strategic Plan, NOAA Fisheries has drafted a new Strategic Plan to guide our stewardship activities for living marine resources over the next five years, 2005 to 2010. This draft plan has been put together as a starting point and now […]

RECORD WETNESS IN EAST CONTRASTS WITH DRYNESS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EARLY SNOW IN ALASKA Oct. 14 — Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which battered the United States last month, were enough to break rainfall records for September in states throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast. Overall, temperature and precipitation were above average across […]

  FUTURE NOAA SPACECRAFT WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA’S COASTAL WATERS Oct. 19, 2004 — Scientists from NOAA, NASA, the Office of Naval Research and academia are looking to use data from a highly advanced imaging device—set to go onboard the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R)—to track red tides, oil spills, upwelling […]

CONTEST TO NAME NOAA’S SHIP FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION; OCEAN AGENCY PROVIDES DETAILS ON COMPETITION FOR STUDENT TEAMS Oct. 15, 2004 — NOAA, in partnership with Coastal America and the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, provided details today on a nationwide contest for teams of students to choose a name for a newly acquired NOAA […]

PROPOSED CHANGES TO NOAA’S CIVIL PROCEDURE REGULATIONS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing amendments and technical refinements to its Civil Procedures, found at 15 C.F.R Part 904. The proposed amendments were published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2004 and can be found at 69 FR 60569 or online at http://www.regulations.gov. […]

Admin Note: As of today this is the lonfgest anyone has ever kept a White Shark alive an Aquarium setting. MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM PUTS YOUNG WHITE SHARK IN MILLION-GALLON OUTER BAY EXHIBIT The Monterey Bay Aquarium placed a small white shark on exhibit Tuesday evening (September 14), three weeks after she was caught inadvertently in […]

ICCAT Advisory Committee Meets October 21 in Silver Spring, MD The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet October 21-22 at the Hilton Hotel in Silver Spring MD, to continue its preparations for the 2004 annual meeting of ICCAT. Registration will begin at […]