ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Approves Draft Addendum XVIII for Public CommentThe Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Boardhas approved Draft Addendum XVIII to the Summer Flounder Fishery ManagementPlan for public comment and review. The Draft Addendum proposes to alterthe summer flounder recreational specification process in 2006 only. […]
NC Navy sonar range–public comment deadline TODAY (Jan. 30)You may have heard about this, and even if you don’t fish this far north, I hope you’ll help. It could have wide-ranging effects even out your way.The United States Navy is proposing to put an offshore underwater sonar training range 47 miles off the coast of […]
FISHING VESSEL CAPTAIN MEDEVACED BY COAST GUARD ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. –A rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City and a 47-foot rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Atlantic City responded to the fishing vessel Shoreline, a 60-foot scalloper homeported in Atlantic City, after receiving a distress call concerning a hurt fisherman. The captain […]
UPDATED POLICY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS WASHINGTON – Starting Jan. 26, 2006 U. S. Coast Guard Port State Control Officers (PSCO) and marine inspectors will use updated policy guidance to assist with the enforcement of Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). The policy guidance provides comprehensive […]
NEW IDENTIFICATION PROCESS REQUIRED FOR MARINERS WASHINGTON – An interim rule published on Jan. 13, 2006 in the Federal Register requires applicants for mariners’ licenses and certificates of registry to be fingerprinted submit to a criminal record review and provide evidence of their identity before those credentials will be issued. This rule brings the regulations […]
NEW NOAA EXHIBIT CELEBRATES NEARLY 200 YEARS OF SCIENCE AND SERVICE Artifacts representing nearly 200 years of science, service and stewardship by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its ancestor agencies will be on public display at the agency’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., February 6-11, 2006 during the second annual NOAA Heritage Week. […]
2005 COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE POPULATION ESTIMATE COMPLETED NOAA Fisheries Service biologists have completed analysis of data from an aerial survey of beluga whales in Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska. The latest abundance estimate is 278 individual belugas whales in Cook Inlet. “Although this point estimate is lower than those estimates derived from similar surveys […]
UNDERSEA TECHNOLOGIES HELP NOAA “GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS” The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and much of it remains unexplored. Over the past few decades, technology has enabled humans to explore more of this underwater realm. Since NOAA’s mission is “to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s […]
Request that NMFS immediately extend the Winter Bluefin Fishery January 16, 2006 Dr. Bill Hogarth>br>Assistant Administrator for FisheriesNational Marine Fisheries Service1315 East West Highway, Room 14555Silver Spring, MD 20910(sent via fax and mail) Dear Bill:We appreciate the previous NMFS action to lift the RFDs for the past two weekends. Unfortunately the combination of gale force […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 01/23/06 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category has landed 230.8 mt out of 708.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category closed at: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt. Longline North: 22.5 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
