Operator Permits for the South Atlantic Rock Shrimp and Atlantic Dolphin and Wahoo Fisheries Beginning November 23, 2004, operator permit cards (operator cards) will be required for an operator of a vessel that has, or is required to have, a charter vessel/headboat or commercial vessel permit for Atlantic dolphin-wahoo. Operator cards have been required in […]
NOAA ISSUES SERVICE ASSESSMENT REPORT ON HURRICANE ISABEL Nov. 3  NOAA’s National Weather Service today released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Isabel. The tropical cyclone caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Mid-Atlantic states in September 2003. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is an agency of the […]
NOAA OFFERS NEW EXPERIMENTAL IONOSPHERIC PRODUCTS Nov. 1, 2004  The NOAA Space Environment Center and NOAA National Geodetic Survey today release a new experimental ionosphere products to help emergency managers and other users quickly assess the effects of solar storms on Global Positioning System applications. The SEC has created a near real-time ionospheric specification […]
Current Daily General and HMS Charter/Headboat Category Commercial BFT limits The General category daily retention limit is one large medium or giant BFT (73 inches CFL or greater) per vessel per day/trip. This daily retention limit is effective through May 31, 2005, inclusive. This limit applies to permitted Atlantic tunas General and HMS Charter/headboats (while […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of October 29, 2004 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 206.5 mt. Harpoon category has landed 29.9 mt. Longline North: 18.0 mt. Longline South: 9.3 mt. Purse seine category 31.9 mt. The Angling category is currently open in all areas […]
Fisheries Administrator Meets with Key Representatives of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Community On Thursday, October 28, Dr. Bill Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, briefed key representatives and organizations of the saltwater sportfishing community to discuss important saltwater recreational issues including the striped bass draft environmental impact statement, northwest salmon, recreational data and statistics, marine protected […]
THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM AND NOAA TO BREAK GROUND ON USS MONITOR CENTER The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, today broke ground at the Newport News, Va.-based museum on the USS Monitor Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art exhibition and conservation facility focused on the famed Civil War ironclad. NOAA is an agency […]
MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS ARE CATCHING – AND RELEASING – MORE FISH Marine recreational anglers have been catching more fish in recent years, but they are also releasing their catch more often, according to new data included in a report by NOAA Fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.9 MILLION TO THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FOR OYSTER RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $1.9 million to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to support an Oyster Restoration Monitoring Program in Virginia. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will finance the restoration […]
NOAA FISHERIES SEEKS YOUR INPUT ON NEW DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN Building on the new NOAA Strategic Plan, NOAA Fisheries has drafted a new Strategic Plan to guide our stewardship activities for living marine resources over the next five years, 2005 to 2010. This draft plan has been put together as a starting point and now […]
