FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Preliminary Catch Reports – Atlantic Swordfish Landings Down 17.2% for first half of 2018.
2017 Reduced Landings Trend Continues … Image Courtesy of NOAA Atlantic Swordfish Landings Update:Commercial and RecreationalJanuary 1 – June 30, 2018 The table below provides preliminary landings estimates and remaining quotas as of June 30, … Continue reading →
Autonomous ocean gliders deploying in VI this week for improved hurricane forecasting
Some of the US Navy Glider FleetPhoto Credit: Jennifer Ervin, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service FLEET OF OCEAN GLIDERS COMING TO THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS Data-collecting underwater drones will support improved hurricane forecasting. Ocean gliders … Continue reading →
VIRGIN ISLANDS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Public Comment Period Ending for Hurricane Task Force Report
The USVI Hurricane Recovery and Resilience (Resiliency) Task Force* will close the public comment period for its draft 2018 report on Monday, July 30, 2018. *EDITOR’S NOTE: The V.I. Government uses both the words ‘Resilience’ … Continue reading →
Congress Members Support Senator Blyden’s Emergency Housing & Safe Waste Summit Leadership
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Sheraine Brewster-Spivey (340) 513-4624 Email: RaineSpivey@gmail.com SENATOR MARVIN A. BLYDEN GAINS SUPPORT OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS CONGRESSWOMAN STACEY PLASKETT AND U.S. CONGRESSMAN JAMES E. CLYBURN TO FOCUS ON EMERGENCY HOUSING & SAFE … Continue reading →
CIVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Autonomous ocean gliders deploying in VI this week for improved hurricane forecasting
Some of the US Navy Glider FleetPhoto Credit: Jennifer Ervin, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service FLEET OF OCEAN GLIDERS COMING TO THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS Data-collecting underwater drones will support improved hurricane forecasting. Ocean gliders … Continue reading →
Congress Members Support Senator Blyden’s Emergency Housing & Safe Waste Summit Leadership
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Sheraine Brewster-Spivey (340) 513-4624 Email: RaineSpivey@gmail.com SENATOR MARVIN A. BLYDEN GAINS SUPPORT OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS CONGRESSWOMAN STACEY PLASKETT AND U.S. CONGRESSMAN JAMES E. CLYBURN TO FOCUS ON EMERGENCY HOUSING & SAFE … Continue reading →
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