Category: SFL

  NOAA TO DELIVER FINAL LECTURE ON HUMAN NOISE AND MARINE MAMMALSCongressman Sam Farr Scheduled to Participate Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and various academic institutions will deliver the final lecture in a national series on the subject of human-made noise and marine mammals. The final lecture of […]

SUN SENDS SOLAR STORMS TO EARTH Nov. 8, 2004 — Eruptions from a large and complex sunspot group are sending a series of solar storms to Earth. The NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., is monitoring these storms, which have the potential to affect spacecraft operations, electric power systems, high frequency communications and electronic […]

POSSIBLE NEW SPECIES OF SEA SQUIRTS DISCOVERED OFF GEORGIA COAST IN GRAY’S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY Three previously unknown sea creatures have been found at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary by Georgia Southern University scientists working there to document all the invertebrates living at the sanctuary. The sanctuary is managed by NOAA. The creatures are […]

Operator Permits for the South Atlantic Rock Shrimp and Atlantic Dolphin and Wahoo Fisheries Beginning November 23, 2004, operator permit cards (operator cards) will be required for an operator of a vessel that has, or is required to have, a charter vessel/headboat or commercial vessel permit for Atlantic dolphin-wahoo. Operator cards have been required in […]

NOAA ISSUES SERVICE ASSESSMENT REPORT ON HURRICANE ISABEL Nov. 3 — NOAA’s National Weather Service today released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Isabel. The tropical cyclone caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Mid-Atlantic states in September 2003. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is an agency of the […]