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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Now Accepting Grant Proposals for Conservation Program RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 10, 2005) — Request a grant. Conserve wildlife. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to provide grants to private landowners and conservation partners who are interested in conserving North Carolina’s rare fish and wildlife species, as well as their […]

GAG STUDY SEEKS COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN MARCH and APRIL 2005The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service) are conducting a life history study on gag (“gray”) grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis). Samples are needed for March and April (the spawning season closure). We are seeking eight fishermen to help provide […]

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, unveiled President Bush’s proposed FY 2006 budget for the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA’s request totals $3.6 billion, an increase of six percent or $205 […]

NOAA ISSUES RESEARCH PLAN, VISION TO GUIDE FUTURE STUDIES NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued two documents to guide the long and short-term direction of its research. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “We now have a five year plan and a 20 year vision to ensure NOAA’s research […]

ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES Table of Contents 50 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, or attempted to be imported, into the United States unless […]

Letters to Members of the North Carolina Delegation  Rep. John J Duncan Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure-Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee; and Rep. David L. Hobson, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations-Energy & Water Development Subcommittee:As state senators representing North Carolina’s coastal communities, we appreciate this opportunity to share our strong […]

Letter from New Hanover County Commissioners February 7, 2005 The Honorable Richard Burr United States Senate 120 Russell SOB Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Burr, We strongly urge Congress, as specified in the attached February 7, 2005 County Resolution, to include full funding for shallow inlet maintenance in the U. S. Corps of Engineers budget […]

RESOLUTION OF THE NEW HANVOER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WHEREAS, the United States Coast Guard plans to remove entire buoy systems from four dangerously shoaled inlets along the North Carolina Coast including Carolina Beach Inlet; and WHEREAS, there is no dredging of the Carolina Beach Inlet scheduled this fiscal year and the proposed budget of […]

$500 REWARD OFFERED FOR POP-UP TAGS FROM ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA Pop-Up Satellite Tags are being put on bluefin by several marine scientists to learn more about the migratory movements of bluefin tuna. Currently tags are being deployed by scientists from the US, Canada and Europe. If you find a fish with a Pop-Up Satellite Tag please […]

NEW ICEBERG BREAKS OFF OF LARSEN ICE SHELF Feb. 4, 2005 — A new iceberg, about twice the size of Dallas, Texas, has formed in the frigid waters around Antarctica, according to the National Ice Center in Suitland, Md. This latest development comes just three weeks after the world’s largest iceberg, which measured the size […]