U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navagation Team Cape Hatteras Relocates Wanchese, NC – The Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape Hatteras has relocated to Wanchese, NC, and renamed Aids to Navigation Team Wanchese. The team will be located in the Wanchese Seafood Industrial Park and is responsible for over 500 Aids to Navigation in […]
NOAA Will Maintain Current Time/Area Closures to Protect Sharks On March 7, 2005, NOAA Fisheries Service received a petition for rulemaking from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries, requesting changes to the current Mid-Atlantic shark closed area. The closed area boundary is set at 55 fathoms, from January […]
New Requirements Will Affect Shrimp Fishermen This final rule to implement Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) includes the following provisions: (1) requires an owner or operator of a trawler that harvests or possesses penaeid shrimp (brown, pink, or white shrimp) in or from […]
New Members Appointed to Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Last week, Secretary Gutierrez appointed eight new individuals to serve on the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC), the Committee established in 1971 to advise the Secretary of Commerce on all living marine resource matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. Initiated in August, the solicitation […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 12/19/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category has landed 185.6 mt out of 708.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category closed at: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt. Longline North: 13.8 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
U.S. COAST GUARD PLACES RESCUE 21 SYSTEM INTO SERVICE NEW COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BRINGS 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY TO SEARCH AND RESCUE, BOOSTS COAST GUARD’S MARITIME HOMELAND SECURITY CAPABILITIES WASHINGTON – The United States Coast Guard announces a significant milestone in its critical life saving and homeland security missions by officially accepting Rescue 21 at a ceremony […]
Coast Guard Temporarily Relieves Captain Reports indicate that the captain oof the new Coast Guard icebreaker was temporarily relieved of command after an accident that dented the $90 million ship. As the Mackinaw floated into the Grand Haven Channel on Monday, the 240-foot ship slowly turned and rammed the breakwall on Lake Michigan. The accident […]
FISHING VESSEL GROUNDS IN PONTE VEDRA BEACH JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The fishing vessel Captain A.B. after it grounded in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., at approximately 5:30 a.m. today. The fishing vessel had three people aboard when it ran hard aground at the 1400 block of Ponte Vedra Blvd., which is just north of Guana River […]
Prescribed Burns to be Conducted on Alligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges in North CarolinaAlligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges are preparing to begin winter prescribed burning season in an effort to reduce the build up of fuels and improve wildlife habitat on both refuges in Manteo, North Carolina . If […]
Senate Commerce Committee to Mark Up Magnuson-Stevens Bill The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Chair Ted Stevens, R-AK) on December 15th, will mark up a six year reauthorization of the fundamental federal fishery management law that bears the name of Sen. Stevens (S 2012). The mark-up will likely be webcast beginning at 10 am […]
