Seafood Dealer Fined $50,000 for Purchase of Illegal Bluefin NOAA Fisheries Service has cited a Massachusetts seafood dealer with a $50,000 Notice of Violation and Assessment for purchasing tuna harvested by a vessel in violation of the catch limit for Atlantic bluefin tuna. “It’s important for fishermen to know that our office and our Massachusetts […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Working with Volunteers to Rescue Stranded Dolphins in the Florida Keys NOAA Fisheries Service scientists and volunteers are continuing their efforts to save dozens of dolphins stranded in the Florida Keys. More than 60 rough-tooth dolphins were found on flats and sandbars and in a nearby canal Wednesday about a quarter mile […]
Final Bluefin Tuna Quotas; New Catch-and-Release Provisions Established NOAA Fisheries Service has announced Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas for each of the domestic fishing categories, and general category effort controls that will be effective through May 31, 2005. This final rule also establishes a catch-and-release provision, in addition to the existing tag-and-release program. Effective April 4, […]
NOAA Releases Coastal Population Trend Report Population Trends Along the Coastal United States: 1980-2008, (PDF) a report that presents an overview of coastal population trends from 1980 to 2003 and the projected change in coastal population by 2008. This report details the ever-increasing movement of the U.S. population to coastal counties. Fifty-three percent of the […]
Crowd focuses on risk to inlets Shoaling deemed threat to economyBy JERRY ALLEGOOD, Staff WriterSWANSBORO — Shallow inlets that divide the coastal barrier islands brought together hundreds of people Thursday who are worried that losing the inlets to sandbars will threaten the entire coast.About 600 people packed the Rotary Civic Center in Swansboro for a […]
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE ADEQUATE FUNDS SESSION 2005 H D HOUSE RESOLUTION DRHR80102-LG-41 (02/01) Sponsors: Representatives Justice, McComas, Stiller, and Wright (Primary Sponsors). Referred to: A HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE ADEQUATE FUNDS TO THE United states ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF NORTH […]
NOAA FISHERIES PROPOSES FIRST LISTING OF CORALS UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT March 3, 2005  NOAA Fisheries announced today that it will propose listing staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and elkhorn (Acropora palmata) corals as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This would be the first listing of any coral species as threatened or endangered under […]
SHIPWRECK IN NOAA’s STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY ADDED TO NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES March 2, 2005  NOAA announced that the wreck of the Steamship Portland has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Registry is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. The Portland rests on […]
“Save The Inlets” Regional Meeting March 3, 2005 7:00pm Swansboro Rotary Civic Center NC Rte 24 Swansboro, North Carolina Panel Members U.S. Congress Mike McIntyre (Staff Mary Simpson) Walter Jones (Staffer Josh Bowlen) U. S. Senators Richard Burr (Staff Ryan Rankin) Elizabeth Dole (Staff Janet Bradbury) Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue (Policy Director Tamara Jones) […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR SURVIVOR FROM WRECKED FISHING VESSEL, ONE CREWMAN BELIEVED DEAD CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Coast Guard’s search for an overdue 32-foot fishing vessel resulted in the discovery of debris from the vessel and what is believed to be the deceased body of one of the two missing crewmen this morning. The body […]
