NEW DATA SHOW DOWNWARD TREND IN ARCTIC SEA ICE The extent of Arctic Sea ice has experienced a steady declining trend during the past 33 years, based on a new comprehensive analysis of satellite data by experts at the U.S. National Ice Center, a tri-agency team from NOAA, the U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard, […]
NOAA RECOMMENDS NEW EAST COAST SHIP TRAFFIC ROUTES TO REDUCE COLLISIONS WITH ENDANGERED WHALES Nov. 21, 2006  NOAA has urged ship captains to use new recommended routes when entering or leaving the Florida ports of Jacksonville and Fernandina, and Brunswick, Ga., as well as in Cape Cod Bay off Massachusetts. These new routes are […]
Daily Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) Retention Limit 1. NMFS Extends Three-Fish General Category Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Daily Retention Limit Through December and Waives December Restricted Fishing Days The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) adjusts the daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limit for vessels fishing under the General category quota for the 2006 fishing year […]
U.S. Protests Japan’s Announced Return to Whaling in the Antarctic The United States government has expressed deep regrets that Japan’s whaling fleet departed on November 15, 2006 to continue a controversial hunt for research purposes in the Antarctic. Japan has announced that it will kill up to 935 minke whales and ten fin whales under […]
COAST GUARD ENFORCEMENT STEPS UP DURING PEAK STRIPED BASS FISHING PERIODS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is stepping up enforcement of federal regulations during Atlantic striped bass fishing season. Federal regulations do not permit striped bass fishing outside waters three nautical miles from land. Striped bass fishing is permitted inside state waters, or within […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR WINDSURFER OFF VA. BEACH PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard continued searching today for a windsurfer who was reported missing off Virginia Beach Thursday. The 39-year-old man put in at 48th Street about noon and did not return. The Coast Guard received the overdue report from Virginia Beach police at 11:44 […]
Gillnet Fishing During the Right Whale Calving Season This is a notice that NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2006, two rules addressing gillnet fishing in the Southeast U.S. during the right whale calving season: a proposed rule, consisting of permanent measures, and an emergency rule, consisting […]
COAST GUARD CHANGES CHINCOTEAGUE BRIDGE REGULATIONS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is changing the regulations that govern the operation of the State Route 175 Drawbridge (Chincoteague Bridge), across the Chincoteague Channel at Chincoteague Island, Va. The final rule that goes into effect Dec. 18, 2006, will provide for openings of the draw every 90 […]
COAST GUARD CITES FISHING VESSEL MASTER FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- A Coast Guard boarding team cited the master of a commercial fishing vessel with safety violations Tuesday off the coast of Atlantic City, resulting in the termination of the vessel’s voyage and restriction to shore until the violations are corrected. At about 3 […]
NOAA Seeks Public Review of Information on State Trawl Fisheries’ Interactions with Sea Turtles NOAA Fisheries is inviting the public to review information characterizing Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico state trawl fisheries, to support the Strategy for Sea Turtle Conservation in Relation to Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fisheries. The goal of this review is […]
