Atlantic Longline Take Reduction Team Established; First Meeting June 29-30 in Bethesda, MD NOAA Fisheries Service is establishing a Take Reduction Team (TRT) to address the incidental mortality and serious injury of long-finned pilot whales and short-finned pilot whales in the Atlantic region of the pelagic longline fishery. The agency will seek input from the […]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES 2005 OCEAN FISHERY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of 22 members to the eight regional fishery management councils. The councils, established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, prepare fishery management plans for marine fish stocks in their respective geographical areas of responsibility. The management plans are […]
Commi$$ion$ takes over third at Big Rock June 16, 2005 MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – The crew of the Commi$$ion$ set themselves up to claim a portion of the 47th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament $1,378,375 purse Thursday when they arrived at the scales with a 489.5-pounder.The blue marlin, reeled in by angler Ralph Webb […]
Lady Lou V’s second voyage yields second place in Big Rock June 15, 2005 MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – For the second time in as many days, the word “second” became the operative word of the 47th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.The Lady Lou V, captained by Paul Spencer, brought a 500-pound marlin to the […]
Drama with second place marks Big Rock’s second day June 14, 2005 MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – A 482-pound blue marlin caught Tuesday during the second day of the 47th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin competition proved heavy enough to take over second place in the standings at a time when most observers were wondering what […]
USCG, MNRP SAVE FIVE NEAR BAY BRIDGE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Five people were rescued after their 17-foot Bayliner capsized under the Bay Bridge in Annapolis, Md., at approximately 7 p.m. this evening. Members of the Maryland Natural Resources Police department and Coast Guardsmen from Station Annapolis responded after hearing a MAYDAY call over the maritime […]
Fish and Wildlife Service conducts five-year status review of 25 threatened and endangered speciesThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced plans to conduct afive-year status review of 25 federally-listed, threatened and endangeredspecies. At the same time, the Service announced it is especiallyinterested in information on surviving populations of the southernacornshell mussel, upland combshell mussel, […]
FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES RESPOND TO OIL SPILLNEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard, Amerada Hess, U.S. Fish &Wildlife, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO), andLouisiana State Department of Environmental Quality are responding toan oil release that occurred at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the AmeradaHess operated Breton Sound 51 Platform, located approximately60-miles south east […]
Gambler holds onto lead at close of first day Bruce Paul June 13, 2005 – MOREHEAD CITY N.C. – In 2000, Hatteras charter boat captain Steve Garrett motored to the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament scales with a fish that weighed more than 500 pounds. Garrett duplicated that feat Monday afternoon, this time making a […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES IMPENDING LAUNCH OF GOES-N SPACECRAFTSatellite Will Detect Hurricanes, Severe Weather and Solar Disturbances June 13, 2005  NOAA officials today announced details of a new geostationary operational environmental satellite that will launch next week. The satellite, named GOES-N, procured in cooperation with NASA, will lift off Thursday, June 23, at 6:13 p.m. (EST) […]
