Feds Begin Arrests for Shark Finning On September 7, Cresento Bacaling and Conchito Cagas, Jr., plead guilty to federal violations of the federal natural resource anti-trafficking law, the Lacey Act and the Shark Finning Prohibition Act. This is the first United States arrest, charge and conviction for federal criminal violations of the Lacey Act with […]
RIGHT WHALE SHIP STRIKE STRATEGY MEETING:There will be a Stakeholder meeting on Right Whale Ship Strike Strategy; Advance Notice of Proposed ruelmaking:Morehead City, NCOctober 6, 2004 (Thursday); 1:00 – 3:30pmMorehead City Maritime Bldg;113 Arendell StreetThis meeting between senior agency staff of NMFS and stakeholders will describe a right whale ship strike reduction strategy that considers […]
NOAA AND NASA ANNOUNCE CONTRACT AWARD FOR IMAGING SUITE ABOARD NEXT GENERATION GOES SPACECRAFT SERIES The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA announced that Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Palo Alto, Calif., was awarded a $6 million contract to work on the Solar Imaging Suite for the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental […]
SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION ROSE AGAIN IN 2003 Sept. 27, 2004  NOAA announced today that Americans ate a record 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish per person in 2003, up from 15.6 pounds in 2002. Published in its annual report, “Fisheries of the United States,” NOAA has been calculating the nation’s seafood consumption to keep the […]
NOAA Fisheries Adjusts the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Daily Retention Limit General category landings rates have been slow to date in the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery. Based on a review of dealer reports, daily landing trends, and the availability of BFT on the fishing grounds, NOAA Fisheries has determined that an adjustment in the daily […]
NOAA DEDICATES COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENTS TO HONOR THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE BODIE ISLAND BASELINECeremony to Honor Significant Historic Events in Aviation and Navigation The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will honor the contributions of Wright Brothers, and the recovery and restoration of the Bodie Island, N.C. baseline distance measurement of 1848 (the precise land survey […]
NOAA SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARINE MAMMALS The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and scientists from various academic institutions are sponsoring a free national lecture series on marine mammals and human noise. They will hold the ninth lecture in Seattle, Wash. on Sept. […]
Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses Gets Senate Hearing “Today’s action gets us one step closer to ensuring the survival of these horses.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon Third District Congressman Walter B. Jones testified at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing about the Shackleford Banks horses at Cape Lookout National Seashore. The Senate’s Natural Parks […]
Battle of the Beaches Fishing Tournament – October 9, 2004 All sports have their definitive tournaments. Hockey and the Stanley Cup. Tennis and the Davis Cup. Golf and the Ryder Cup. These challenges decide the greatest of all teams. Get ready anglers . . . Wilmington fishing is about to unleash its ultimate match up […]
NOAA Fisheries Announces Regional Quota Adjustments for the 2005 Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishery NOAA Fisheries is proposing to adjust the regional and trimester quotas for large coastal sharks and small coastal sharks based on updated landings information for the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and North Atlantic regions. The commercial shark fishery will open in […]
