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U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AWARDS NINE STATE BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE
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Posted by Dawg on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 07:14:31 EDT (329 reads)
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U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AWARDS NINE STATE BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANTS
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today that more than $9.5
million has been awarded to nine states through the competitive Boating
Infrastructure Grants (BIG) program. The grants are made available to
state agencies and partners to build and maintain facilities for
recreational boaters.
"The BIG program works with partners to improve recreational boating and
fishing opportunities. It strengthens community ties to the waterĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s edge by
enhancing access to recreational, historic, cultural, natural and scenic
resources for millions of boat owners," Kempthorne said. "We understand the
importance of having safe and accessible tie-up facilities and many
communities are experiencing new businesses and a rejuvenated hometown
spirit as a result of this program.Ă¢â‚¬Â
These grant funds are awarded through a competitive selection process and
the annual requests for funds greatly exceed available funding. The
Service received 32 proposals from 19 states requesting a total of $22.8
million of federal funding. Approximately $9.4 million was available this
fiscal year.
Highlights of the funded proposals include:
Alaska Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in cooperation with the
City of Whittier, the Whittier Boat Owners Association and others will
receive $1.5 million and provide a match of more than $2 million to develop
overnight moorage facilities for boaters in Prince William Sound at the
Whittier Harbor Transient Boat Moorage. Partners plan to construct 15 new
visiting moorage floats that will provide docking space for 30 visiting
boats, as well as providing boaters with electrical and potable water
services.
California Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The California Department of Boating and Waterways, in
cooperation with Fifth Avenue Landing, LLC, will receive $1,277,797 million
and match more than $1 million to develop visiting boating facilities at
the Fifth Avenue Landing in San Diego. The proposed project will
accommodate up to 66 visiting boats and will provide boaters with
electricity, water and telecommunication services.
Florida Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, in
cooperation with the City of Clearwater, will receive $1,236,097 and match
nearly $4 million to construct visiting boating facilities in downtown
Clearwater. The proposed project will provide 2,600 linear feet of
temporary docking facilities for visiting boaters and 12 fixed slips.
Iowa Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the
City of Dubuque and the Dubuque Racing Association, will receive $3,037,802
and match more than $1 million to develop visiting boating facilities in
downtown Dubuque on the Mississippi River. The proposed project will
construct 92 slips for visiting boaters. Also, the Department, in
cooperation with the City of Guttenberg and other partners, will receive
$451,709 and match more than $250,000 to develop a marina providing
visiting boating slips on the Mississippi River. The proposed project will
develop 10 slips with water and electrical services.
Michigan Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation
with the City of Trenton, will receive $582,315 and match nearly $200,000
to develop floating docks for visiting boaters at Black Lagoon. The
proposed project will construct a floating dock system with 31 slips for
visiting boats on the Detroit River, including electrical and water
services.
New Jersey Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The New Jersey Department of Transportation, in cooperation
with the City of Belmar and others, will receive $295,815 and match more
than $100,000 to develop restroom facilities for visiting boaters. The
proposed project will incorporate restroom facilities for recreational
boaters to complement an existing Boating Infrastructure Grant program
project being completed with funds from a previous year.
North Carolina Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural
Resources, in cooperation with the town of Morehead City and the Downtown
Morehead City Revitalization Association, will receive $310,268 and match
nearly $700,000 to develop new slips for visiting boaters. The proposed
project will construct 10 new slips to provide safe harbor for visiting
boaters as well as providing access to downtown Morehead City. Also, the
Department, in cooperation with the City of Washington, will receive
$200,000 and match more than $100,000 to develop docks for visiting
boaters. The proposed project will construct two finger docks for 12
visiting boats on the Pamlico River.
Oregon Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The Oregon State Marine Board, in cooperation with the City of
Toledo, Lincoln County, Siletz Confederated Tribe, Toledo Development
Association, Yaquina Bay Yacht Club, Oregon Economic Community Development
and others, will receive $380,000 and match nearly $300,000 to develop new
visiting boat tie up facilities on the historic waterfront of Toledo. The
proposed facilities include 9 slips and 170 linear feet of docking for
visiting boaters on the Oregon coast.
Virginia Ă¢â‚¬â€œ The Virginia Department of Health, in cooperation with the City
of Hampton and the Downtown Hampton Development Partnership, will receive
$246,000 and match nearly $400,000 to construct additional visiting boating
facilities in the downtown of Hampton, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
The proposed project includes one-time maintenance dredging of the Hampton
River for boater access, the construction of an additional floating dock to
provide mooring for 24 additional visiting boaters and the construction of
permanent restroom facilities.
The BIG proposals were reviewed by a panel of representatives from the Fish
and Wildlife Service, as well as a committee from the Sport Fishing and
Boating Partnership Council. The Council is a federally chartered body
which advises the Secretary of the Interior and the Service on recreational
fishing and boating issues. A Council-appointed committee made an initial
funding recommendation to the Service based on a review of project
proposals.
Money for the BIG program comes from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating
Trust Fund, formerly known as the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, which is
supported by excise taxes on certain fishing and boating equipment and on
boat fuels.
The BIG program has two levels of funding, labeled Tier I and Tier II. Tier
II grants are the larger competitive grants highlighted above. Under the
Tier I portion, all states and territories can receive up to $100,000 to
construct or improve docking facilities for visiting (short term,
non-trailerable boats) without competing against other proposals. Grants
totaling $3,726,178 were also made available to 38 states as part of this
year's distribution under Tier I.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency
responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and
plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American
people. The Service manages the 95-million- acre National Wildlife Refuge
System, which encompasses 547 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small
wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national
fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices, and 81 ecological services
field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the
Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores
nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat
such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American Tribal governments
with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance
program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes
on fishing and hunting equipment to State fish and wildlife agencies.
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STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $600 MILLION FOR SPORT FISH
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Posted by Dawg on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 07:13:11 EDT (328 reads)
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STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $600 MILLION FOR SPORT FISH
AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Interior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today that more
than $600 million will be distributed to 56 state and territorial wildlife
agencies to fund conservation efforts, shooting ranges and hunter
education. This funding results from an excise tax paid by firearm,
ammunition, archery and angling equipment manufacturers as well as boat
motor fuels through the Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration
programs.
"Since establishment of these federal programs more than a half century
ago, manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, archery, fishing and boating
equipment have paid more than $10.5 billion in excise taxes, which has been
used by state wildlife agencies to maintain and restore fish and wildlife
resources, educate hunters and fund sport shooting ranges nationwide,Ă¢â‚¬Â said
Kempthorne. "By paying these excise taxes, the manufacturers and sportsmen
and women continue to provide critical funding for wildlife conservation in
North America."
The Wildlife Restoration apportionment for 2007 totals nearly $267 million,
with more than $50 million tagged for hunter education and shooting range
programs. The Sport Fish Restoration apportionment for 2007 totals more
than $349 million. Federal Assistance funds pay up to 75 percent of the
cost of each eligible project while the states are required to contribute
at least 25 percent.
Ă¢â‚¬Å“In the 1930s, after an era of massive habitat degradation and commercial
hunting had decimated game populations, sportsmen stood up and said, Ă¢â‚¬ËœWe
want to restore the numbers of game and we know someone has to pay to do
it,Ă¢â‚¬â„¢Ă¢â‚¬Â said H. Dale Hall, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Ă¢â‚¬Å“Then they suggested something that was virtually unprecedented, the
establishment of a tax.Ă¢â‚¬Â
Ă¢â‚¬Å“In 1937 sportsmen called for passage of the Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act, and in 1950, the Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Act.
As the Wildlife Restoration Act approaches its 70th anniversary in
September, itĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s an ideal time to take stock of the extraordinary
accomplishments of these two programs,Ă¢â‚¬Â Hall added.
Wildlife Restoration Act funding is made available to states through a
formula based on land area, including inland waters and the number of
hunting license holders in each state. States use the money to manage
wildlife populations, conduct habitat research, surveys and inventories,
and administer hunter education programs.
More than 62 percent of Wildlife Restoration funds are used to buy,
develop, maintain, and operate wildlife management areas. Since the
program began, 68 million acres of land have been purchased and more than
350 million acres managed for wildlife.
Numerous species such as the wild turkey, white-tailed deer, pronghorn
antelope, American elk and mountain lion have increased in population due
to improved research and habitat management funded by Wildlife Restoration.
In the programĂ¢â‚¬â„¢s history, more than 9 million landowners were provided
management assistance for wildlife and fish. State wildlife agencies have
improved more than 26 million acres of habitat and developed more than
43,000 acres of waterfowl impoundments.
Sport Fish Restoration is funded by the collection of excise taxes and
import duties on sport fishing equipment, motorboat and small engine fuels,
and pleasure boats. Sport Fish Restoration funds are allocated to the
states based on a formula that includes the land and water area, inland
waters and the Great Lakes and marine coastal areas where applicable, and
the number of fishing license holders. States use the funds to pay for
stocking fish; acquiring and improving sport fish habitat; providing
aquatic resource education opportunities; conducting fisheries research;
and the construction at boat ramps, fishing piers, and other facilities for
recreational boating access.
States have bought about 150,000 acres for public fishing areas and
maintained more than 15 million acres since the program began.
Please visit the Service's Division of Federal Assistance Website at
<http://federalaid.fws.gov> for state-by-state funding allocations.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency
responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and
plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American
people. The Service manages the 95-million- acre National Wildlife Refuge
System, which encompasses 547 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small
wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national
fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices, and 81 ecological services
field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the
Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores
nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat
such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American Tribal governments
with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance
program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes
on fishing and hunting equipment to State fish and wildlife agencies.
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South Atlantic Council Moves Closer to Creating New Marine Protected Areas
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Bluefin Tuna Limits Adjusted for Angling Category
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Posted by Dawg on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 07:07:24 EDT (254 reads)
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Bluefin Tuna Limits Adjusted for Angling Category |
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The daily Angling category retention limits for Atlantic bluefin tuna have been adjusted to maximize the usefulness of the information obtained from catches for biological sampling. Vessels permitted in the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling and HMS Charter/Headboat categories are eligible to land bluefin tuna under the HMS Angling category quota. Therefore, NOAA Fisheries has adjusted the daily bluefin retention limits for the HMS Angling category quota to allow landing of school-size bluefin in North Carolina during the three-week period from March 24, 2007, through April 15, 2007, as described in a Federal Register notice. This action is intended to provide scientific data that would enhance future recreational fishing opportunities for the HMS Angling and HMS Charter/Headboat categories, while minimizing the risk of an overharvest of the HMS Angling category bluefin tuna quota.
These limits are effective through 11:59pm on April 15, 2007. For more information, contact Dianne.Stephan@noaa.gov. |
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NOAA FisheriesĂ¢â‚¬â„¢ Artificial Reef Team Completes National Plan
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Posted by Dawg on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 07:05:58 EDT (237 reads)
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NOAA FisheriesĂ¢â‚¬â„¢ Artificial Reef Team Completes National Plan |
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The NOAA Fisheries Artificial Reef Team, in partnership with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, has revised and updated the National Artificial Reef Plan. The plan, originally published in November 1985, was developed by the Secretary of Commerce under direction of the National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984. This Act directed the Secretary of Commerce to develop and publish a long-term National Artificial Reef Plan to promote and facilitate responsible and effective artificial reef use based on the best scientific information available. The revised version was approved on March 7, 2007, and is now available online.
The revised National Plan provides information on the roles of federal, state, and local governments; interstate marine fisheries commissions; Regional Fishery Management Councils; and private citizens in artificial reef development. The document also provides guidelines for siting, materials, design, construction, and management of artificial reefs; and information on regulatory and permitting requirements, liability issues, and research needs. It also includes updated information on artificial reef activities and programs, and references other useful sources of information for artificial reef development. The most significant changes occur in the section of the plan dealing with materials for artificial reef development.
The interstate marine fisheries commissions have been involved in the development and review of this document due to their extensive experience with state artificial reef management programs. Most coastal states have coordinated their artificial reef activities through the respective interstate marine fisheries commissions, and most interstate commissions have established technical advisory committees for marine artificial reef development. These committees are composed of the coordinators of the state marine artificial reef programs, as well as representatives from NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Minerals Management Service, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Regional Fishery Management Councils.
Hard copies of the plan may be requested from the Partnerships and Communications Division of NOAA's Office of Sustainable Fisheries, at (301) 713-2379. For more information, read the Notice of Agency Decision or contact Christopher.M.Moore@noaa.gov. |
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