Draft EIS Available for Red Porgy, Black Sea Bass, Vermilion Snapper, Snowy Grouper and Golden Tilefish NOAA Fisheries Service and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council are evaluating the environmental impacts of a range of management actions for red porgy, black sea bass, vermilion snapper, snowy grouper, and golden tilefish in a Draft Environmental Impact […]
Proposed Changes Would Facilitate Year-End Commercial Quota Transfers in the Bluefish and Summer Flounder Fisheries Under current regulations for the bluefish and summer flounder fisheries, states may request written approval to transfer all or part of their annual commercial quota to other states. The Mid-Atlantic Council has raised a concern regarding the current NOAA policy […]
NEWEST COAST GUARD SECTOR STANDS UP IN N.C. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Sector North Carolina is scheduled to be formally established at a ceremony Friday at 10:15 a.m. at theWilmington, N.C., City Hall. Sector North Carolina is the latest of new sector commands being created Coast Guard-wide. The Coast Guard is establishing sectors by […]
MAN WITH CHEST PAINS MEDEVACED BY COAST GUARD ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A man was medevaced this morning after suffering from chest pains while fishing near Great Egg Harbor, N.J. Robert Herodes, from Little Egg Harbor, N.J., was tuna fishing in his 24-foot boat when he began to suffer chest pains. He activated his 406 Emergency […]
NOAA SCIENTISTS ISSUE DEAD ZONE FORECAST A team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting that the Dead Zone off the coast of Louisiana and Texas this summer should be significantly smaller than the average size since 1990. This summer’s Dead Zone is predicted to be less than 1,400 square miles, […]
OCEAN EXPEDITION TO ‘LOST CITY’ USES ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TO LINK LAND, SEA-BASED EXPLORERS A precedent-setting ocean expedition will use “telepresence” to connect Dr. Robert Ballard at sea with Chief Scientist Dr. Debbie Kelley ashore as they explore the unique Lost City hydrothermal vents. The July 23 through August 1 mission is financially supported and coordinated […]
NOAA ACTS TO RESTORE GULF OF MEXICO GROUPERS NOAA Fisheries Service has reduced the recreational red grouper catch limit in the Gulf of Mexico from two fish per person per day to one fish per person per day and closed the recreational grouper fishery in November and December of this year. The federal agency took […]
Cape Fear Blue Water Fishing Club Okay the first half of the AMOT IMOT & BMOT are quickly coming to an end. There is still time to dethrone the current leaders. It ends this Sunday July 31st. Don’t forget to call in your day & report your catches…… As of Monday July 20, 2005 Here […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Hosts Interagency Manatee Entanglement Working Group & Monofilament Recovery and Recycling Working Group Discarded fishing gear can entangle and kill fish, seabirds, sea turtles, marine mammals, and other wildlife as well as pose a danger to divers and anglers. On July 21, NOAA Fisheries Service hosted the Interagency Manatee Entanglement Working Group/Monofilament […]
NOAA Scientists Issue “Dead Zone” Forecast A team of NOAA scientists is forecasting that the “Dead Zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas this summer should be significantly smaller than the average size since 1990. The “Dead Zone” is an area in the Gulf of Mexico where seasonal oxygen levels drop too low to […]
