Updated Right Whale Recovery Plan is Available for Public Comment NOAA Fisheries has recently updated a 1991 Recovery Plan for the North Atlantic Right Whale. Historically depleted by commercial whaling, the North Atlantic right whale population is considered highly endangered, with present numbers of approximately 300 individuals. The population is impacted both directly and indirectly […]
NOAA Fisheries Hosts Two Public Forums on Recreational Fisheries Data NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Office (SERO) will host two Recreational Data Forums. Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Florida, and Thursday, September 23, 2004, at the Pawley Plantation, 70 Tanglewood Drive, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Dr. Roy Crabtree, SE […]
MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO OPERATING A SHIP WHILE INTOXICATED HOUSTON – The Polish master of the merchant ship UAL Rodach who was arrested Sept. 3, was charged before a U.S. magistrate and pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a commercial motor vessel while under the influence of alcohol. Piotr Lozinski, 48, the master of the 417-foot […]
CIVIL WAR CANNONS REMOVED FROM HISTORIC USS MONITOR GUN TURRETMariners’ Museum, NOAA, Northrop Grumman Newport News Join in Effort The two historic 11-inch Dahlgren smooth-bore cannons from Civil War ironclad USS Monitor were carefully removed today from the vessel’s iconic gun turret where they had been shielded for more than 142 years. Conservators from The […]
Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS MONTHLY EDITION September 07, 2004 NORTH CAROLINA – INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (ICW) – WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH– BRIDGE CLOSURE The Wrightsville Beach Bridge, at ICW mile 283.1, across the North Carolina Cut will be closed to vessel traffic, on Saturday, September 18, 2004, from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. to […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF EL NIÑO Sept. 10, 2004  NOAA declared today that El Niño is back but this time around in a weaker state. “El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific and are expected to last through early 2005,” said Jim Laver, director of the NOAA Climate Prediction Center. “At […]
NTSB TO ASSESS STATE ACTIONS TO REDUCE HIGHWAYAND BOATING DEATHS AT SEPTEMBER 14 MEETING************************************************************The National Transportation Safety Board holds a public Board meeting Tuesday, September 14, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C.The meeting will focus on a discussion of the NTSB’s “Most Wanted List” of […]
SCIENTISTS GATHER DATA DURING FRANCES TO SAVE LIVES, PROPERTY BUT ALSO TO ADVANCE RESEARCH Sept. 7, 2004  During the trek across the Atlantic of Hurricane Frances, NOAA collected specialized data that are required to support forecasting operations at the NOAA Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., that go into the watches and warnings that help […]
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force To Meet September 14-15 in Miami, FLThe United States Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interiorannounce a public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF)September 14-15, in Miami, FL. Through the coordinated efforts of itsmembers, including representatives of 12 federal agencies, the governors ofseven states and […]
DARIN FIGURSKEY TO OVERSEE NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Darin Figurskey has been appointed meteorologist-in-charge of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service Forecast Office in Raleigh, North Carolina. Figurskey replaces Stephen Harned, who recently retired. The Raleigh office is one of 122 NWS Weather Forecast Offices in […]
