The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA): Modify National Boating Education Standard 2.3 to ensure that boating safety education courses adequately discuss high-risk boating populations, boats, and boating activities and present detail about the current range of personal flotation device technologies available. (M-06-3) Download the Full […]
Thursday Night Fishing School at FryingPanTower.Com Thursday Night at 9:00pm FryingPanTower.Com is PROUD to present “Grouper Fishing 101” with Captain Joe Hifko. Come join us on TeamSpeak and find out the ins and outs of Grouper Fishing with one of the areas BEST! Included in this session will be “How to Find the Fish”, “How […]
GSA, NOAA AND OPUS BREAK GROUND FOR NOAA CENTER FOR WEATHER AND CLIMATE PREDICTIONNew Facility to be Centerpiece of the University of Maryland’s M-Square Research and Technology Park WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. General Services Administration, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Opus East, L.L.C., broke ground today for the NOAA […]
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA): Modify National Boating Education Standard 2.3 to ensure that boating safety education courses adequately discuss high-risk boating populations, boats, and boating activities and present detail about the current range of personal flotation device technologies available. (M-06-3) http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2006/M06_3.pdf The National […]
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Marine Retailers Association of America: Develop a marketing strategy that promotes the increased use of personal flotation devices, and integrate that strategy into the promotion and sale of boats and accessories. (M-06-4) http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2006/M06_4.pdf The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Marine Retailers Association of America: Develop […]
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the U.S. Coast Guard: Develop measures of recreational boating activities, boaters, and boats that can be used to identify and evaluate the risks in recreational boating. Once those measures have been developed, collect the appropriate data at the Federal and State levels, and use it to evaluate the effectiveness of recreational boating […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES U.S. SPRING OUTLOOKDrought and Wildfire Concerns Highlighted for April through June At a news conference today in Phoenix, Ariz., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in partnership with the National Interagency Fire Center, announced that despite periodic precipitation, NOAA’s U.S. Spring outlook supports the potential for a significant wildfire season in the Southwest […]
Economic questions added to MRFSS Beginning in January, every fisherman who is interviewed dockside by the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey (MRFSS) will receive a series of questions about the money they spent on that trip. They will also be asked to participate in a longer follow-up mail survey that collects information on annual expenditures […]
ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON MAR 13 TO SAT MAR 25 SATELLITE SIGHTING INFORMATION FOR WILMINGTONNC NC The following ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON MAR 13 TO SAT MAR 25 The following fields are listed from left to right:SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE TIME MIN DEG DEG-DIR DEG-DIR ISS Mon […]
MMS to Hold Public Hearing A federal agency developing a plan for oil and natural gas drilling off Florida’s shores has agreed to hold a public hearing in Tallahassee next month. The Minerals Management Service, part of the Interior Department, last week began holding a series of 13 meetings on its next five-year Outer Continental […]
