Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 11/23/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category has landed 163.5 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category closed at: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt. Longline North: 20.6 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
FINAL REPORT ON COSTS, BENEFITS, AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES RELATED TO MAINTAINING NORTH CAROLINAS SHALLOW DRAFT NAVIGATION CHANNELS SUMMARY OF FINDINGS The key findings with regard to the costs, benefits, and management issues related to maintaining North Carolina s shallow draft navigation channels are: Over the last 30 years, over 800 dredging projects and 100 million […]
U.S. FISHERIES CHIEF, WILLIAM HOGARTH, ELECTED TO CHAIR INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION Seville, Spain – Member nations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas have elected William T. Hogarth, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service, to serve as commission chairman. The election took place at the commission’s annual meeting […]
NOAA OFFERS NEW EDUCATIONAL DISCOVERY KIT ON NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION A new online educational product, The Nonpoint Source Pollution Discovery Kit, is now available online. The kit explains the history of pollution, the differences between point and nonpoint source pollution, types of pollutants, and how scientists monitor, assess and control nonpoint source pollution. This online […]
Lower Summer Flounder Quotas to Keep Rebuilding on Track; Public Comments Accepted through Dec 6 NOAA Fisheries Service has proposed new management measures for the 2006 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. In June 2005, an assessment of the summer flounder stock indicated that overfishing is occurring. Although the summer flounder stock continues […]
ESA Petition for the Eastern Oyster Withdrawn On January 11, 2005, NOAA Fisheries Service received a petition to list the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NOAA has recently received a letter from the petitioner that officially withdraws this petition. The petitioner’s request has been accepted, and […]
New Report Released on Fisheries of the United States NOAA Fisheries Service has just released the annual report on Fisheries of the United States (2004). This publication provides the latest data on the following: U.S. Commercial Fishery Landings U.S. Marine Recreational Fisheries World Fisheries U.S. Production of Processed Fishery Products Foreign Trade U.S. Supply Per […]
Hogarth Elected as Chairman of ICCAT Member nations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) have elected William T. Hogarth, director of NOAA Fisheries Service, to serve as Commission chairman. “Dr. Hogarth’s election to chair this important commission is a significant milestone in the U.S. effort to bring about improved international […]
NOAA ISSUES FINAL 2005-2006 U.S. WINTER OUTLOOK: ENSO conditions unlikely to impact Winter Nov. 17, 2005  As meteorological winter approaches, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center issued the final update to the 2005-2006 U.S. Winter Outlook. For December through February, the outlook continues to call for this winter to be warmer than the 30-year average. […]
NOAA ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR DAM AND STREAM BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECTS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the availability of up to $6 million in financial assistance for the Open Rivers Initiative. This program will provide grants, anticipated to range from $50,000-$250,000, for communities to remove obsolete and derelict stream barriers. “Many small communities and […]
