Extension of Comment Period on Striped Bass On April 24, NOAA Fisheries announced its intention to re-open the scoping process on the recommendations contained in Amendment 6 to Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. NOAA Fisheries originally conducted scoping on the matter in 2003, but decided to re-open […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES AND ASSISTS 48 BOATERS OVER WEEKEND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Fifth District crews rescued or assisted 48 boaters over the course of Memorial Day weekend. In 53 total cases, units from Atlantic City, N.J., to Wilmington, N.C., responded to distress calls, flare sightings and medical emergencies. The Fifth District’s area of […]
ACTIVE DUTY COAST GUARDSMAN AND FT. COLLINS NATIVE AWARDED ACHIEVMENT MEDAL FOR SAVING LIFE PORTSMOUTH, Va., — Coast Guard Petty Officer Dennis Amerson, a Ft. Collins native, was awarded the Coast Guard Achievment medal for his heroic actions at a local restaraunt in Baltimore where he saved the life of a 75 year-old woman May […]
COAST GUARD TO RESCUE STRANDED BOATERS ON DAMAGED SAILING VESSEL PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command Search and Rescue Controllers are coordinating the Coast Guard response to a mayday call from a 36-foot sailing vessel with five people on board, approximately 250 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Mass. The mayday call was […]
NEW NOAA ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE LAUNCHED, REACHES ORBIT May 25, 2006  NOAA and NASA officials confirmed that a new geostationary operational environmental satellite, designed to track hurricanes and other severe weather impacting the nation, successfully reached orbit last night after it was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft separation […]
Bipartisan fisheries management bill passes Resources Committee WASHINGTON – The House Resources Committee today approved H.R. 5018, the American Fisheries Management and Marine Life Enhancement Act, sponsored by Chairman Richard Pombo (R-Calif.), Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), on a vote of 26 to 15. H.R. 5018 reauthorizes the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation […]
Regional Conservation Equivalency Proposed for Summer Flounder NOAA Fisheries has proposed measures contained in Framework Adjustment 6 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan that would allow regional conservation equivalency in the summer flounder recreational fishery. The intent of this proposed rule is to increase flexibility and efficiency in the […]
Recreational Measures Set for Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has approved the final 2006 recreational measures for the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. A letter to permit holders provides tables that summarize the minimum fish size, possession limit, and fishing season for these fisheries. For the summer […]
Swordfish Management Measures Extended NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule to extend the 2005 management measures for North Atlantic swordfish and adjust quotas to account for updated landings information. This final rule implements a recommendation adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The effective date of this rule is […]
Optimum Temp for Selected Species Species Lower Temp Optimum Temp Upper Temp Albacore 59 62-65 66 Amberjack 60 65-75 80+ Atlantic Bonito 60 65-75 80+ Atlantic Cod 31 44-49 59 Atlantic Mackerel 40 45-55 70 Barracuda 55 72-80 86 Bigeye Tuna 52 62-74 80 Blackfin Tuna 65 70-75 82 Black Marlin 68 72-82 […]
