COAST GUARD MEANS SERIOUS BUSINESS NEW ORLEANS– The Coast Guard was awarded restitution Thursday when a U.S. district court judge sentenced a man who was indicted on the federal charge of making a false distress call. Subsequent to a Coast Guard Investigative Services investigation, Michael Henderson (aka Michael Gilbert, James Edward Banks) of Ft. Worth, […]
NOAA AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS CENTER HONORED FOR EXCEPTIONAL HURRICANE WORK Nov. 9, 2004  Hurricane season is quickly coming to a close, but millions of Americans will not soon forget the parade of storms that came crashing into the U.S. mainland, as well as a number of other nations in the path of the powerful and […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shellfish Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shellfish Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, November 15, 2004, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 305 at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology Building (C-MAST), 303 College Circle, Morehead City, […]
NTSB CALLS FOR FEDERAL ACTION TO ADOPT “MOST WANTED” SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS Washington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board said today that the government should be doing more to prevent accidents and enhance safety for the traveling public. The Board updated its list of Most Wanted Safety Improvements, noting instances where federal agencies had given […]
Current Daily General and HMS Charter/Headboat Category Commercial BFT limits The General category daily retention limit is one large medium or giant BFT (73 inches CFL or greater) per vessel per day/trip. This daily retention limit is effective through May 31, 2005, inclusive. This limit applies to permitted Atlantic tunas General and HMS Charter/headboats (while […]
FOREIGN MASTER CHARGED WITH OPERATING VESSEL WHILE INTOXICATED NEW ORLEANS- The Greek master of a commercial ship pleaded guilty and was charged Thursday with operating his vessel while intoxicated. Nikolaos Zografos was charged before a U.S. magistrate judge with being drunk while aboard the 580-foot freight ship Winner at St. John’s Buoys, near Reserve, La. […]
COAST GUARD REQUESTS DUCK HUNTERS TO WEAR LIFE JACKETS The changing of the fall colors usually marks the start of hunting season for waterfowl. The Coast Guard wants to let hunters know they are not exempt from boating accidents. In 2003, nearly 70% of boating accidents that occurred while hunting resulted in fatalities. “Many hunters […]
NOAA TO DELIVER FINAL LECTURE ON HUMAN NOISE AND MARINE MAMMALSCongressman Sam Farr Scheduled to Participate Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and various academic institutions will deliver the final lecture in a national series on the subject of human-made noise and marine mammals. The final lecture of […]
SUN SENDS SOLAR STORMS TO EARTH Nov. 8, 2004  Eruptions from a large and complex sunspot group are sending a series of solar storms to Earth. The NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., is monitoring these storms, which have the potential to affect spacecraft operations, electric power systems, high frequency communications and electronic […]
FREIGHTER COLLIDES WITH OFFSHORE PLATFORM GALVESTON, Texas Crewmembers from Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Galveston are investigating the early morning collision of an outbound freighter and an offshore platform located approximately 17 miles off the coast of Galveston. At 3:15 a.m., Coast Guard watchstanders at Group Galveston received reports of a platform fire in the Gulf of […]
