NOAA GRANTS MORE THAN $500,000 TO THE NORTH CAROLINA FLOODPLAIN MAPPING PROGRAM TO FUND RIVER BASIN MAPPING The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $513,000 to the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program to finance the mapping of the Neuse and Lumber River basins. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant […]
NOAA, NAVY TO HUNT FOR LOST CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE ALLIGATORGreen, 47-foot-long Sub Was the Navy’s First Aug. 20, 2004  Using high-tech underwater search and survey tools, NOAA, with support from the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research, will hunt next week for the Alligator, the U.S. Navy’s first submarine. The NOAA-ONR expedition will take […]
RESEARCHERS RECOVER MARINE DATA FROM HISTORICAL LOGBOOKS Aug. 20, 2004  For centuries, mariners have kept detailed records of meteorological observations, because, at least until the advent of steam ships, weather was key to navigation. An international team, including NOAA officials, are incorporating many of those data, stored in logbooks dating back to the mid-1700s, […]
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) Daily Retention Limit Adjusted To enhance the recreational BFT fishing opportunities for all geographical areas maintain conservation limits for this species, NOAA Fisheries has adjusted the daily retention limit for the 2004 fishing years. Vessels permitted in the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling and the Atlantic HMS Charter/Headboat categories are […]
On August 19, 2004 myself and couple of friend left out of home port of Inlet Watch through carolina beach inlet headed offshore to Frying pan tower for the first time. We were going out on my newly purchased 2895CC Triton named Blu By U. It a a little rough ride first 20 miles […]
HOAX DISTRESS CALLS COST LIVES AND RESOURCES ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Each day, the Coast Guard responds to nearly 109 boaters in distress, saving 10 lives and assisting 192 people. But not every distress call is real. Out of the 285 rescue cases handled by Coast Guard Group Atlantic City since October 1, 2003, 67 […]
Sea Turtle Interactions with Fishing Gear in the Atlantic An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) has been published to request comments on potential regulatory changes to further reduce bycatch and bycatch mortality of sea turtles in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. NOAA Fisheries announced the availability of a Final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement concerning […]
NOAA Fisheries Publishes the 2004 MMPA List of Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has updated its annual list of commercial fisheries that interact with marine mammals, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The List of Fisheries categorizes each U.S. commercial fishery based on the level of interaction each fishery has with marine mammals. Each […]
GOV. EASLEY SIGNS COASTAL RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE INTO LAWHouse Bill 831 To Generate $15 Million Annually For Research, Habitat EnhancementRALEIGH – Gov. Mike Easley today signed legislation creating a coastal recreational fishing license and the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Fund, which will generate about $15.3 million annually to conserve and restore North Carolina’s marine resources […]
USCG AIRLIFTS INJURED SCUBA DIVER CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew airlifted a man off a chartered fishing vessel 20 miles south east of Cape Hatteras today around 2 p.m. The 50-year-old man from Miami chartered the 41-foot vessel, Sea Bear, to go diving at the Monitor Marine Sanctuary off the […]
