Category: VA

NOAA, EPA WILL HELP COASTAL COMMUNITIES WITH COASTAL GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

NOAA, EPA WILL HELP COASTAL COMMUNITIES WITH COASTAL GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Jan 28, 2005 — NOAA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to work together to help coastal communities grow in ways that benefit the economy, public health and the environment. The partnership was formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement. The […]

Council to Develop Controlled Access System for Mackerel

Council to Develop Controlled Access System for Mackerel The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Hampton, VA last week to review the status of Amendment 9 to its Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan; comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’ (NMFS) proposed rule regarding the incidental take of bottlenose dolphin and […]

NOAA Fisheries Asks the National Academy of Sciences to Study Seafood Benefits a

NOAA Fisheries Asks the National Academy of Sciences to Study Seafood Benefits and Risks NOAA Fisheries has contracted with the National Academy of Sciences to recommend approaches to decision-making in selecting seafood. The study objectives include: 1. Estimating current levels of exposure to naturally-occurring and introduced toxicants in seafood; 2. Assessing the availability of specific […]

NOAA Defines Criteria for Marine Managed Areas

NOAA Defines Criteria for Marine Managed Areas NOAA has published a final notice that defines the criteria for Marine Managed Areas and responds to public comments that were submitted on the draft criteria. The criteria for Marine Managed Areas were developed in response to Executive Order 13158 of 2000 on Marine Protected Areas. A key […]

New Inlet Surveys Added

New Inlet Surveys Added Bogue Inlet 01-12-05 Carolina Beach Inlet 01-26-05  Topsail Beach Inlet 01-20-05 OREGON INLET BAR 01-26-05 New Inlet Surveys Added Bogue Inlet 01-12-05 Carolina Beach Inlet 01-26-05  Topsail Beach Inlet 01-20-05 OREGON INLET BAR 01-26-05 

Research Ship Suffers Heavy Weather Damage

Research Ship Suffers Heavy Weather Damage COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – Coast Guard units are enroute to the disabled 591-foot Motor Vessel Explorer with 990 people aboard that is in 35-foot seas and winds gusting above 50 miles per hour approximately 650 miles south of Adak, Alaska. This ship was disabled after a reported […]

NOAA SEEKS EXPERTS TO REVIEW AGENCYââ‚Ãâ€

NOAA SEEKS EXPERTS TO REVIEW AGENCY’S ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH AND SCIENCE ENTERPRISE The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks a team of experts to review its mix of scientific activities and organization of its ecosystem research and science. The review team will recommend steps to meet the needs of NOAA’s mandate to effectively assess and monitor […]

2003 Recreational Boating Statistics

2003 Recreational Boating Statistics U.S. Coast Guard statistics released this week indicate 86 percent of all boaters who drowned in 2003 were not wearing life jackets. In addition, alcohol involvement was a contributing factor in approximately one third of all reported recreational boating fatalities. More than 95 percent of boat owners report having enough life […]

BUOYS TO BE REMOVED IN HEAVILY SHOALED NORTH CAROLINA INLETS

BUOYS TO BE REMOVED IN HEAVILY SHOALED NORTH CAROLINA INLETS ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard will remove navigational buoys from some North Carolina ocean inlets beginning Jan. 24 where water depths have become too shallow for Coast Guard buoy tenders to operate. The movement of sand and other sediment in Lockwood’s Folly, New […]

Coast Guard Cutter Shamal recovered more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana

Coast Guard Cutter Shamal recovered more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 21, 2005)–Crewmen from the Coast Guard Cutter Shamal recovered more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana a day after stopping the go-fast smuggling boat is believed to have been jettisoned from. The six suspected smugglers were tranferred to authorities from the Dominican […]