NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES JOINT HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES AND BILLFISH ADVISORY PANEL MEETING The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) will hold a joint meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) and Billfish Advisory Panels (AP) on March 21-23, 2005, in Silver Spring, MD (69 FR 52235, August 25, 2004). The intent of this meeting […]
HISTORIC GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION PLAN LAUNCHED IN BRUSSELSNEARLY 60 COUNTRIES AGREE TO ‘TAKE PULSE OF THE PLANET’ Nearly 60 countries and the European Commission today agreed to a plan that, over the next 10 years, will revolutionize the understanding of Earth and how it works. Agreement for a 10-year implementation plan for a Global Earth […]
FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 635 ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES50 CFRSubpart D Restrictions on Imports Sec. 635.46 Import requirements for swordfish. (a) General. To facilitate enforcement of domestic regulations, a swordfish, or part thereof, less than the minimum size specified at Sec. 635.20(e) may not be imported, […]
NOAA WEB SITE PROVIDES HUGE INVENTORY OF EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS Obtaining information on each of NOAA’s observing systems just became easier with the NOAA Observing System Architecture, or NOSA, Web site. NOAA has been monitoring the Earth’s environment for more than 30 years with tens of thousands of sensors in more than 100 observing systemsâ€â€ÂÂÂranging […]
Study on Gag Grouper Seeks Help from Commercial Fishermen During March and April The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) and NOAA Fisheries Service are conducting a life history study on gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis). Biological samples are needed during the spawning season closure in March and April. Eight fishermen will be selected to […]
Proposed 2005 Management Measures for Bluefish A new proposed rule would establish 2005 management measures for the Atlantic bluefish fishery, including state-by-state commercial quotas, a recreational harvest limit, and recreational possession limits for bluefish. The level of Total Allowable Landings proposed for 2005 is slightly lower than that of 2004. Consistent with the Mid-Atlantic Council’s […]
Save The Inlets Update LIST OF THE PANELISTS THAT ACCEPTED TO ATTEND THE 3/3/05 MEETING TO “SAVE OUR INLETS”.U. S. SENATOR-ELIZABETH DOLE (STAFFER-JANET BRADBURY)U. S. CONGRESSMAN-WALTER JONES (STAFFER)STATE SENATOR-HARRY BROWNSTATE REPRESENTATIVES-GEORGE CLEVELAND, ROBERT GRADY, RUSSELL TUCKER, JEAN PRESTON.ONLSOW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-MARTIN ARAGONA, PAUL BUCHANAN, CHAIRMAN-LIONEL MIDGETT.CARTERET CO. COMMISSONER-PAT MC ELRAFTGREG RUDOLPH-CARTERET CO. DIRECTOR OF BEACH PRESERVATIONSCOTT […]
NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR 2006 BUDGET REQUEST Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, on February 8, 2005, announced the Administration’s FY 2006 budget NOAA budget request. NOAA’s request totals $3.6 billion, an increase of six percent or $205 million over the […]
NOAA’S NEWEST GENERATION OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE SUPERCOMPUTERS DEBUTS NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, successfully put into operations this week the newest generation of weather and climate supercomputers. Now, for the first time, NOAA’s National Weather Service has three systems working together for the protection of life, property and the national economy in […]
Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee to Meet in Arlington, Virginia-Chairman of President’s Council on Environmental Quality to AddressCommittee-The Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee, managed jointlyby the U.S. Department of Commerce in cooperation with the U.S.Department of the Interior, will hold its next meeting from February15-17, 2005, in Arlington, Virginia. The three-day meeting will […]
