Competition to Design Fishing Gear Aimed at Reducing Bycatch NOAA, along with a group of aquariums, universities and conservation organizations, is sponsoring The Smart Gear Competition, a contest to develop designs for practical, cost-effective solutions to reduce the incidental catch of sea turtles, cetaceans, fish bycatch and other non-target species in either fixed gear or […]
NOAA REPORTS COOL SUMMER, SEVENTH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD ACROSS THE LOWER 48 STATES; RECORD NUMBER OF NAMED ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES FOR AUGUST Sept. 16, 2004  The contiguous United States experienced its 16th coolest summer (June-August) on record and seventh coolest August, according to scientists at NOAA Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. While […]
NOAA ISSUES FINAL RULE IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PROGRAM ACT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service published final regulations implementing the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “These regulations contain very few substantive changes from the interim final regulations that have […]
NOAA OCEAN SERVICE PROVIDES KEY BEHIND THE SCENES HURRICANE SERVICES Sept. 15, 2004  While the NOAA National Weather Service continues to be the public face of NOAA during hurricane season, other offices are assisting in both the preparation for, and the recovery from each hurricane’s impact. The NOAA Ocean Service is home to several […]
Updated Right Whale Recovery Plan is Available for Public Comment NOAA Fisheries has recently updated a 1991 Recovery Plan for the North Atlantic Right Whale. Historically depleted by commercial whaling, the North Atlantic right whale population is considered highly endangered, with present numbers of approximately 300 individuals. The population is impacted both directly and indirectly […]
NOAA Fisheries Hosts Two Public Forums on Recreational Fisheries Data NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Office (SERO) will host two Recreational Data Forums. Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Florida, and Thursday, September 23, 2004, at the Pawley Plantation, 70 Tanglewood Drive, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Dr. Roy Crabtree, SE […]
MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO OPERATING A SHIP WHILE INTOXICATED HOUSTON – The Polish master of the merchant ship UAL Rodach who was arrested Sept. 3, was charged before a U.S. magistrate and pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a commercial motor vessel while under the influence of alcohol. Piotr Lozinski, 48, the master of the 417-foot […]
CIVIL WAR CANNONS REMOVED FROM HISTORIC USS MONITOR GUN TURRETMariners’ Museum, NOAA, Northrop Grumman Newport News Join in Effort The two historic 11-inch Dahlgren smooth-bore cannons from Civil War ironclad USS Monitor were carefully removed today from the vessel’s iconic gun turret where they had been shielded for more than 142 years. Conservators from The […]
Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS MONTHLY EDITION September 07, 2004 NORTH CAROLINA – INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (ICW) – WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH– BRIDGE CLOSURE The Wrightsville Beach Bridge, at ICW mile 283.1, across the North Carolina Cut will be closed to vessel traffic, on Saturday, September 18, 2004, from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. to […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF EL NIÑO Sept. 10, 2004  NOAA declared today that El Niño is back but this time around in a weaker state. “El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific and are expected to last through early 2005,” said Jim Laver, director of the NOAA Climate Prediction Center. “At […]
