Atlantic Shark Quotas, Dates Set for Commercial Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has set seasonal commercial quotas for large coastal sharks; small coastal sharks; and pelagic, blue, and porbeagle sharks. The quotas are effective May 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. In addition, NOAA Fisheries Service has established the opening and closing dates for the large […]
Tour Boat Fined for Harassment of Endangered Humpback Whales NOAA has charged the captain of a tour vessel, the vessel’s managing company, and the vessel’s owner with a $9,000 Notice of Violation and Assessment for violations of the Endangered Species Act. In August 2002, the Juneau-based tour boat was conducting a wildlife viewing cruise in […]
Purse Seine Fleet Capacity; Tuna Tracking Program Updated NOAA Fisheries Service has published a final rule to implement resolutions adopted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and by the parties to the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program. This rule will establish a register of U.S. vessels with a history of fishing in […]
Ecosystem Approach Is Focus of International Aquaculture Workshop More than 65 experts from around the world recently participated in the first International Workshop on the Role of Aquaculture in Integrated Coastal Management, held in Hawaii, April 18-21, 2005. Co-sponsored by several NOAA programs, and facilitated by the Oceanic Institute, this unique workshop drew aquaculturists, ecologists, […]
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING BOATER PORTSMOUTH, VA. – The Coast Guard is suspending a search that lasted through the night for a man who went missing on the north shore of the Willoughby Spit after his canoe capsized around 11 p.m. Wednesday. Larry Harper, 22, of Norfolk, Va., was canoeing with William Sherwood […]
ASMFC Spring 2005 Meeting Commission’s 2005 Spring Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. All of the business meetings scheduled during this week are open to the public, free of charge. Meeting materials may be obtained via the Commission’s website at <http://www.asmfc.org/may05lMtgWk.htm>. Some documents may be very large, soplease be patient downloading. Meeting materials are also available onCD-ROM; […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR DOWNED PILOT MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Coast Guard boat and helicopter rescue crews with the help of Milwaukee Police Department and Fire Department boat crews are conducting extensive searches of the waters off of Cudahy, Wis. for a pilot from Springfield, Va., who crashed landed in Lake Michigan five miles from shore. […]
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Safe Harbor that beganin North Carolina SandhillsOn May 5 and 6 at Pinehurst Resort, Village of Pinehurst,N.C., come meet the inventors of the Safe Harbor Programand landowners from North Carolina and across the countrywho have enrolled in this innovative program that helpsconserve imperiled species and frees landowners from fearof the […]
COAST GUARD SAVES FOUNDERING BARGE PORTSMOUTH, Va. The Coast Guard helped save a sinking barge today on the Elizabeth River near the south end of Naval Station Norfolk. The 20-person crew of the dredging barge Pullen, a 150-foot barge owned by the Norfolk Dredging Company, saw the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island underway and called […]
HAMPTON ROADS CUTTER HELPS STOP $160 MILLION OF COCAINE ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard cutter Forward based in Hampton Roads assisted in the seizure of 5,100 pounds of cocaine while on patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The drugs were seized from a smuggling go-fast vessel April 16, through a team effort by the […]
