Navy, Coast Guard Aim to Prevent Piracy U.S. Navy and Coast Guard officials are determined to stop pirates from threatening Americans and American interests. Incidents of piracy have become even more prevalent over the last two years, especially off the coast of Somalia and in the South China Sea. In 2004, 330 incidents of piracy […]
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Approves Draft Addendum XVIII for Public CommentThe Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Boardhas approved Draft Addendum XVIII to the Summer Flounder Fishery ManagementPlan for public comment and review. The Draft Addendum proposes to alterthe summer flounder recreational specification process in 2006 only. […]
NC Navy sonar range–public comment deadline TODAY (Jan. 30)You may have heard about this, and even if you don’t fish this far north, I hope you’ll help. It could have wide-ranging effects even out your way.The United States Navy is proposing to put an offshore underwater sonar training range 47 miles off the coast of […]
FISHING VESSEL CAPTAIN MEDEVACED BY COAST GUARD ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. –A rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City and a 47-foot rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Atlantic City responded to the fishing vessel Shoreline, a 60-foot scalloper homeported in Atlantic City, after receiving a distress call concerning a hurt fisherman. The captain […]
UPDATED POLICY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS WASHINGTON – Starting Jan. 26, 2006 U. S. Coast Guard Port State Control Officers (PSCO) and marine inspectors will use updated policy guidance to assist with the enforcement of Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). The policy guidance provides comprehensive […]
NEW IDENTIFICATION PROCESS REQUIRED FOR MARINERS WASHINGTON – An interim rule published on Jan. 13, 2006 in the Federal Register requires applicants for mariners’ licenses and certificates of registry to be fingerprinted submit to a criminal record review and provide evidence of their identity before those credentials will be issued. This rule brings the regulations […]
NEW NOAA EXHIBIT CELEBRATES NEARLY 200 YEARS OF SCIENCE AND SERVICE Artifacts representing nearly 200 years of science, service and stewardship by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its ancestor agencies will be on public display at the agency’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., February 6-11, 2006 during the second annual NOAA Heritage Week. […]
2005 COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE POPULATION ESTIMATE COMPLETED NOAA Fisheries Service biologists have completed analysis of data from an aerial survey of beluga whales in Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska. The latest abundance estimate is 278 individual belugas whales in Cook Inlet. “Although this point estimate is lower than those estimates derived from similar surveys […]
Council Supports Alternative 1 to Monkfish Framework 3 The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Annapolis, MD last week and, among other actions, approved Alternative 1 to Framework 3 of the Joint Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This Alternative would remove the provision included in the multi-species regulations that specifies: “Vessels that are required […]
UNDERSEA TECHNOLOGIES HELP NOAA “GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS” The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and much of it remains unexplored. Over the past few decades, technology has enabled humans to explore more of this underwater realm. Since NOAA’s mission is “to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s […]
