The Recreational Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery Remains Open Persons aboard Angling and Charter/headboat vessels fishing recreationally may retain 1 bluefin tuna per vessel per day/trip, measuring 47 inches to less than 73 inches. All bluefin landed MUST be reported within 24 hours of landing to the www.nmfspermits.com website or by calling 888-872-8862 or, if landed […]
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Approves Draft Addendum XVIII for Public Comment (Revises January 24, 2006 Release with the inclusion of information on the North Carolina public hearing) Washington, DC – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board has approved Draft Addendum XVIII to the Summer Flounder Fishery […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES EXPANDED CORAL WARNING SYSTEMMeets International Partnership Goal of President’s Ocean Action Plan NOAA today announced that it will expand regional coverage for the NOAA Coral Reef Watch Satellite Bleaching Alert monitoring system from six Caribbean sites to a total of 24 sites throughout the U.S. and international Caribbean. This is one of President […]
NOAA SAYS LA NIÑA HERE AS PREDICTEDExpect Northwest Storminess and More Drought in South/Southwest Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center announced the official return of La Niña. Agency forecasters predicted La Niña was forming nearly three weeks ago. Oceanic sea surface temperatures have met the operational definition of La Niña for […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES FORECASTS OF ENTIRE ATLANTIC BASINNew System Gives Unprecedented Forecasts of Earth’s Second Largest Ocean NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center, Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch, has implemented a new revolutionary Real-Time Ocean Forecast System that will provide mariners with “nowcasts” and five-day forecasts for the entire North Atlantic Ocean. The Real-Time Ocean Forecast System generates […]
COAST GUARDSMEN RECEIVE AWARDS FOR ACTIONS IN IRAQ PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Members of a Coast Guard team will receive medals today for their actions in Iraq. The Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment (RAID) was the furthest deployed Coast Guard unit in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They conducted hazardous materials field training and inspections with Navy […]
GENERAL CATEGORY ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY CLOSURE REMINDER The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has determined via the implementing regulations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS), located at 50 CFR § 635.27, that the 2005 General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) season (June 1, 2005 – January 31, 2006) will close on January 31, […]
COAST GUARD CREWS SEIZE MORE THAN 10,000 POUNDS OF FISH SUSPECTED TO BE CAUGHT ILLEGALLY GRAND ISLE, La.- Crews from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., responded late Thursday to a call that led to the seizure of more than 10,100 pounds of fish from a fishing vessel allegedly engaged in illegal fishing activities, including […]
NOAA REPORTS 2005 GLOBAL TEMPERATURE SIMILAR TO 1998 RECORD WARM YEAR Scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., today said the 2005 global temperature was statistically indistinguishable from the standing record set in 1998. Using two global data sets developed at NCDC, scientists determined that the 2005 average temperature was part of […]
Navy, Coast Guard Aim to Prevent Piracy U.S. Navy and Coast Guard officials are determined to stop pirates from threatening Americans and American interests. Incidents of piracy have become even more prevalent over the last two years, especially off the coast of Somalia and in the South China Sea. In 2004, 330 incidents of piracy […]
