Unified Command Attampts to Refloat Motor Vessel Montrose BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Baltimore has established a unified command to re-float the Liberian flagged motor vessel Montrose, grounded two-miles North West of Sharp’s Island, in the Chesapeake Bay. The Unified Command is comprised of the Coast Guard, the Maryland Natural […]
NOAA REQUESTS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN PLANS TO END OVERFISHINGSuggestions Will Be Taken at Meeting on Jekyll Island, Ga.The U.S. Congress and President Bush recently directed the nation’s fishery managers to end overfishing by 2010. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will host an open meeting in Georgia to give citizens in the southeastern United States […]
Public Invited to Provide Input on Overfishing Guidelines NOAA Fisheries has opened a scoping period to analyze alternatives for implementing annual catch limits, accountability measures and other provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006. The Act requires fishery management plans to establish a mechanism for setting annual catch limits at […]
TWO RESCUED, ONE REMAINS MISSING OFF BERMUDA PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The search continues for a missing sailor after a Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two men early today about 200 miles east of Bermuda. The 38-foot catamaran the three were sailing from Sables D’Olonne, France, to Annapolis, Md., capsized in rough seas at about 5:30 […]
South Atlantic Council’s Shrimp Review Panel to Meet; Feb 26-27 in Charleston, SC The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Shrimp Review Panel will meet February 26-27, 2007, at the Council offices in Charleston, SC. The meeting is being convened to address the condition of the pink shrimp stock and over-wintering of white shrimp. For more […]
Smart Gear Competition Offers Cash Prizes for Bycatch Solutions The World Wildlife Fund’s International Smart Gear Competition was created to inspire and reward practical, innovative fishing gear designs that reduce bycatch – the accidental catch and related deaths of sea turtles, birds, marine mammals, and other non-target species in fishing gear. The competition is open […]
Efforts Ongoing to Upgrade Recreational Fishing Data Program On February 12, NOAA Fisheries unveiled a strategy to address the most critical questions facing recreational fisheries data collection and analysis, and ultimately to support the management decisions affecting our nation’s fisheries. This Development Plan incorporates key suggestions and concerns expressed by the nearly 100 scientists, managers, […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES FISHERMEN – VIDEO/PHOTOS AVAILABLE MIAMI – A Coast Guard aircrew has rescued three fishermen whose vessel was adrift and without power in six- to-eight foot seas and sustained 20- to-30 knot winds 60-miles northeast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., today at about 2:30 p.m. Anthony Culler of Little River, S.C., Charlie Lee of […]
U.S. Seafood Consumption Declines Slightly in 2005; Dutch Harbor/Unalaska and New Bedford Remain Top U.S. Fishing Ports NOAA has just released its annual publication, Fisheries of the United States. Americans ate 16.2 pounds of fish and shellfish per person in 2005, a two percent decrease from the 2004 consumption figure of 16.6 pounds. Despite the […]
United States Pushes for Action at Global Tuna Summit The United States participated in the first ever joint meeting of the world’s five tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in Kobe, Japan during the week of January 22, 2007. These organizations are responsible for the management of highly migratory species, such as bluefin tuna and […]
