U.S. COAST GUARD LOCATES MISSING BOATERS NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., jet crew located two missing boaters aboard their capsized vessel about 60 miles southeast of Cape San Blas, Fla., at 4 p.m. today. Kenneth Heybrock, 49, and his son Joshua, 18, of High Point, N.C., left for […]
COAST GUARD TO BEGIN INTERNATIONAL PORT SECURITY VISITS WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard today announced the establishment of an International Port Security Program that will help the United States and its maritime trading partners better protect the global shipping industry by facilitating the implementation of security improvements in ports around the world. The Coast […]
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES DRIVER TO VISIT PORTSMOUTH COAST GUARD UNITSJustin Labonte Scheduled to Run Shield of Freedom #44 at RIR May 14 PORTSMOUTH, VA – Justin Labonte, driver of the 2004 Team Coast Guard Racing/Labonte Motorsports “Shield of Freedom” #44 NASCAR Busch Series car, will visit Coast Guard units here April 19. Labonte will get […]
7 PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM A NATURAL GAS PLATFORM HOUSTON – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steelhead evacuated seven people from a natural gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico about 20 miles off Matagorda, Texas, Wednesday evening. At 8:53 p.m. Coast Guard Group Corpus Christi received a call from painters working on the […]
NOAA REPORTS THIRD WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD FOR CONTIGUOUS U.S.Drought Continued to Affect Much of the West April 14, 2004  Virtually all parts of the contiguous United States experienced warmer-than-average temperatures in March 2004, according to scientists at the NOAA Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The West, Southeast and parts of the Northeast […]
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U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUES INJURED BOATER NEW ORLEANS – A helicopter crew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans rescued an injured boater from 12-foot seas about 45 miles south of Panama City, Fla., at 11 a.m. today. M.K. Zerkel, 64, was flown to Bay Memorial Hospital in Panama City after falling during a […]
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission March 2004 Meeting Summary ATLANTIC HERRING SECTION (March 8, 2004) Meeting Summary The Atlantic Herring Section reviewed public comment on the Public Information Document for the development of Amendment 2 to the Interstate Management Plan for Atlantic Herring. After reviewing public comment, the Section directed the Atlantic Herring Plan Development […]
April 13, 2004 IT’S RENEWAL TIME FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES MOREHEAD CITY – Commercial fishermen are urged to renew their fishing licenses by mail beginning May 1. The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF) has mailed approximately 9,000 applications for the upcoming commercial fishing year, which begins July 1, 2004. The applications are already […]
