Category: VA

NOAA FISHERIES RECEIVES REPORTS OF MARINE MAMMAL SHOOTING

NOAA FISHERIES RECEIVES REPORTS OF MARINE MAMMAL SHOOTINGAgency Requests Information from Residents The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Law Enforcement Field Office in Petersburg, Alaska, has received complaints of marine mammals having been illegally shot or shot at over the past several months. The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972 is […]

U.S., CANADA ANNOUNCE PLAN TO REINTRODUCE KILLER WHALE TO POD

U.S., CANADA ANNOUNCE PLAN TO REINTRODUCE KILLER WHALE TO PODKiller Whale Luna May Reunite With Family   April 6, 2004 — NOAA Fisheries and its Canadian counterpart, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Monday announced a cooperative plan to return the juvenile killer whale, known as Luna, or L98, to its southern resident population. The four-year old […]

Bogue Inlet Survey

Bogue Inlet Survey Released 4-05-04 Download it HEREBogue Inlet Survey Released 4-05-04 Download it HERE

U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING CREWMEMBER OF CAPSIZED BARGE; 2 CREWMEMBE

U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING CREWMEMBER OF CAPSIZED BARGE; 2 CREWMEMBERS RESCUED NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews are searching today for one crewmember who was reported missing from a capsized barge in the Pascagoula Ship Channel. Rescue crews from U.S. Coast Guard Station Pascagoula, Miss., U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center […]

Alternatives to Incandescent Lights, and Establishing Standards for New Lights,

Allowing Alternatives to Incandescent Lights, and Establishing Standards for New Lights, in Private Aids to Navigation Correction to Final Rule Top The Coast Guard published in the Federal Register of December 8, 2003 ( 68 FR 68235 ) a final rule concerning private aids to navigation and the use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The final […]

Watch TV to Win a Fishing Trip with Tred Barta

Watch TV to Win a Fishing Trip with Tred Barta Win A Trip Of A Life Time!IBFN is prepared to “Tell Tred” exactly what you think of him. The best deive letter of Tred’s debut Outdoor Sports Show “The Best And Worst Of Tred Barta” sent to ba***@**fn.org will win a free fishing trip with […]

A “S

NCRR Reports A “Safe” Form of Mercury in Fish? Fish are often contaminated with methylmercury, which has been linked to neurological damage and increased heart attack risk. Scientists differ as to whether methylmercury levels ordinarily found in fish are high enough to be of health concern. However, recent evidence indicates that the form of methylmercury […]

I Want to Live for Two Weeks Underwater in Aquarius Because…

I Want to Live for Two Weeks Underwater in Aquarius Because… A Writing Contest For NOAA and UNCW’s Aquarius – America’s Inner Space Station Entries must be received by April 9th, 2004. Located 20 meters beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, next to deep coral reefs in the Florida Keys, lies Aquarius—the world’s only […]

Carolina Beach Inlet Survey

Carolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 4-01-04 You can Download HERECarolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 4-01-04 You can Download HERE

Juvenile right whale Kingfisher

Juvenile right whale Kingfisher.  Update, 4/3/04: At 9:30pm, 4/2/04, the telemetry buoy that had been the primary tool for tracking this whale, moved into the harbor at Cape May, New Jersey and stopped.  The captain of a fishing vessel based in Cape May, New Jersey, called the Disentangement Network hotline this morning to report that […]