Brunswick, Zodiac Drop Suit A lawsuit filed by Zodiac and its affiliated companies against Brunswick Corporation will be dismissed, according to an agreement reached last week by the two companies. Last summer, Zodiac of North America Inc., Zodiac International and its AVON Inflatables Ltd. Subsidiary filed a lawsuit against Brunswick Corporation that alleged Brunswick’s Amanzi […]
OIL SPILL CLEANUP CONCLUDED OILED BIRDS CLEANED AND TO BE RELEASED INTO WILD BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. – The clean up efforts for the oil spill that occurred along the Jersey shore were officially declared completed Saturday after two weeks of assessments and cleaning by the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Emergency […]
Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships A new international convention to prevent the potentially devastating effects of the spread of harmful aquatic organisms carried by ships’ ballast water has been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency responsible for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution […]
NOAA REPORTS NORTHEASTERN U.S. COLDER-THAN-AVERAGE IN JANUARYREST OF COUNTRY CLOSER TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES States from the Carolinas to the Northeast and Midwest were colder than average in January, while temperatures were closer to normal in much of the rest of the country, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Climatic […]
NOAA SEEKS FEEDBACK FROM GOES SATELLITE DATA USERS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will hold a conference for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) data users May 10-13 in Broomfield, Colo. The meeting will provide users with the status of the future GOES-R satellite constellation instruments and operations. NOAA is an agency of the […]
CUTTER RETURNS HOME AFTER DRUG-BUSTIN’ PATROL PORTSMOUTH, VA. – Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return to Portsmouth at 10 a.m. Saturday, after a patrol that began five days before Christmas and netted over $77 million worth of cocaine. As a multi-mission cutter, the crew of the 270-foot cutter Bear conducted several Coast Guard […]
Coast Guard pulls three Georgia fishermen to safety in 20-foot seas JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Ga., crewmembers rescued three Georgia fishermen 62 miles east of Sapelo Sound, Ga., 6:40 p.m. Monday after their 37-foot sport fishing vessel, Ray A One, homeported in Townsend, Ga., capsized sending all three men scrambling into […]
NOAA FISHERIES PREPARES FOR BUYBACK BIDDINGThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) announced today the opening of bidding in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island crab buyback. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The bidding opens on March 5, 2004. […]
Local Notice to Mariniers I.SPECIAL NOTICES: This section contains information of special concern to the Mariner. NC –AIWW – WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH BRIDGE – FEBRUARY/MARCH CLOSURE SHEDULE FOR REPAIRS Mariners are advised that the S.R. 74 Bridge (at AICW mile 283.1) the Wrightsville Beach Bridge, will be partially closed to navigation from 6 a.m. until 10 […]
Bill Introduced in Virginia to Conserve Menhaden (Richmond, VA) – Delegate Terrie L. Suit (R-Chesapeake/Virginia Beach) has introduced House Bill No. 446 which directs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to prepare and implement fishery regulations for one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most important natural resources: menhaden. While menhaden are not edible by humans, they […]
