NOAA Announces Top U.S. Fishing Ports for 2003 Commercial fishermen unloaded 900.7 million pounds of fish and shellfish at the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, AK, making it the top port in the United States for landings in 2003. Dutch Harbor-Unalaska netted the top landings slot for the15th consecutive year, although the total fish and shellfish […]
COAST GUARD ASSISTS SINKING VESSEL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Six people were assisted by the Coast Guard early today after their 23-foot Bayliner started taking on water about 20 miles off Virginia Beach, Va. After Coast Guard search and rescue coordinators requested assistance from any vessels near the distressed boaters, a foreign-flagged, 300-meter bulk carrier dispatched […]
Feds Begin Arrests for Shark Finning On September 7, Cresento Bacaling and Conchito Cagas, Jr., plead guilty to federal violations of the federal natural resource anti-trafficking law, the Lacey Act and the Shark Finning Prohibition Act. This is the first United States arrest, charge and conviction for federal criminal violations of the Lacey Act with […]
RIGHT WHALE SHIP STRIKE STRATEGY MEETING:There will be a Stakeholder meeting on Right Whale Ship Strike Strategy; Advance Notice of Proposed ruelmaking:Morehead City, NCOctober 6, 2004 (Thursday); 1:00 – 3:30pmMorehead City Maritime Bldg;113 Arendell StreetThis meeting between senior agency staff of NMFS and stakeholders will describe a right whale ship strike reduction strategy that considers […]
COAST GUARD MONITORS SALVAGE OF GROUNDED FISHING VESSEL IN MANASQUAN ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– The salvage of a fishing vessel that allided with the north jetty in the Manasquan Inlet Saturday evening is being monitored by the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office in Philadelphia and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The Michelle K, a […]
NOAA AND NASA ANNOUNCE CONTRACT AWARD FOR IMAGING SUITE ABOARD NEXT GENERATION GOES SPACECRAFT SERIES The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA announced that Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Palo Alto, Calif., was awarded a $6 million contract to work on the Solar Imaging Suite for the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental […]
SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION ROSE AGAIN IN 2003 Sept. 27, 2004  NOAA announced today that Americans ate a record 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish per person in 2003, up from 15.6 pounds in 2002. Published in its annual report, “Fisheries of the United States,” NOAA has been calculating the nation’s seafood consumption to keep the […]
USCG Saves Four Off North Carolina Coast BUXTON, N.C. – Four people were rescued by the Coast Guard toady at 12:17 p.m. after their tug boat ran aground on the seaward side of the Oregon Inlet Bridge, N.C. The 50-foot tug, Delta Ranger, owned by Weeks Marine, was pushing a dredging barge with 17 people […]
NOAA Fisheries Adjusts the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Daily Retention Limit General category landings rates have been slow to date in the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery. Based on a review of dealer reports, daily landing trends, and the availability of BFT on the fishing grounds, NOAA Fisheries has determined that an adjustment in the daily […]
NOAA DEDICATES COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENTS TO HONOR THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE BODIE ISLAND BASELINECeremony to Honor Significant Historic Events in Aviation and Navigation The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will honor the contributions of Wright Brothers, and the recovery and restoration of the Bodie Island, N.C. baseline distance measurement of 1848 (the precise land survey […]
