MYSTERY SHEEN – ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard units in North Carolina are responding to a spill reported Tuesday around 10 a.m. in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). An HH-60 helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., investigated the initial report and verified an undetermined amount of an oily substance […]
COAST GUARD REOPENS SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISS. RIVER NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard reopend the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River at 1 p.m. today to one-way maritime traffic. All vessel movement through the Southwest Pass must be coordinated through the U.S. Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Center in New Orleans. The Coast Guard […]
LEE III REMOVED FROM SOUTHWEST PASS, RIVER REMAINS CLOSED NEW ORLEANS – Salvage workers have moved the offshore supply vessel Lee III from the Southwest Pass, however the Southwest Pass remains closed to maritime traffic. The Lee III, though out of the channel, has not yet been stabilized. The Army Corps of Engineers must complete […]
SF-3-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: 2004 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 7:30 A.M., Monday, March 1, 2004, the mechanical harvest of clams WILL OPEN with the following restrictions: I. AREA DEIONS ONSLOW/CARTERET COUNTIES Clams may be taken by mechanical methods in portions of Bogue […]
NOAA SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSAL TO LESSEN FISHING IMPACTS ON SEA TURTLES & REOPEN GRAND BANKS TO U.S. PELAGIC LONGLINE FLEET Feb. 24, 2004  The conclusion of a three-year experiment in the Grand Banks and recent estimates of sea turtle bycatch (unintentional catch) in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery have prompted NOAA Fisheries to […]
*Admin Note* I added a bunch of USCG Photos to the Photo Gallery….Check it out! *UPDATE*SALVAGE OPERATIONS FOR LEE III CONTINUE NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard is working closely with contracted crews in the recovery and salvage of the Lee III today in Southwest Pass, 50 miles south of New Orleans. The identity […]
1 CREWMEMBER RECOVERED FROM LEE III WRECKAGE NEW ORLEANS – Contracted salvage divers working on the wreckage of the Lee III recovered a crewmember at about 4 p.m. from the partially submerged vessel. Officials at the scene of the accident are working with the local coroner to identify the remains. Divers also report having sighted […]
COAST GUARD CONCLUDES SEARCH;RECOVERY, SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMMENCE NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded its search for five crewmen missing since their offshore supply vessel sank near Pilottown, La., Saturday, and is currently overseeing recovery and salvage operations to safely remove the vessel from the Southwest Pass. The Coast Guard called off its […]
New River Inlet Survey Released 02-19-04 NEw River Inlet pdf HERE Cedar Bush Cut pdf HERE Text files for both “Read More” below….. NEW RIVER INLET – CEDAR BUSH CUT 1/9/104Original Horizontal Coordinates:NAD 83, North Carolina – 3200, U.S. Survey FeetTranslated Horizontal Coordinates:NAD 83 GeographicName Input Output WAYPOINT_1 34 31.3484583 N 2501721.00000 E 77 20.0564054 […]
PORTLAND 34/29/33.33 076/25/47.86 HISTORY NM7/43(449)–CAPSIZED VESSEL REPORTED. NM9/43(604.1)–POSITION REVISED TO LAT 34/29/32N, LONG ì 76/25/40W, WITH 2FMS OF WATER OVER IT. F00052WD/43-44–NO.669; PORTLAND, POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 34/29/36N, LONG 76/25/42W. SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION IN DECEMBER 1944. CL767/55–USC&GS LTR; REFERENCE. NM44/55(4960)–10/29/55; WRECK CLEARED TO 20FT. H8248WD/55–UNVERIFIED-NO.474; VESSEL POSITION SCALED FROM ì SMOOTH SHEET IN LAT 34/29/35N, […]
