COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CREW RESCUES FAMILY OF SIX NEAR FRIPP ISLAND CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Facility Charleston rescued six people off of a small pleasure craft that had run aground in the marshes near Fripp Island this evening. Jim, Robert, Jennifer, Jamie, Hutch and Davis Roper, residence unknown, became […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE BOATERS OFF LONGBOAT KEY CORTEZ, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued three people tonight after their 12-foot Hobie Cat capsized four and a half miles off Longboat Key.William Klhpan, 52, his wife Cynthia, 49, and their 18-year old son, William, Jr., from Indian Hills Trails, Ky., borrowed the boat from the […]
COAST GUARD ESCORTS FISHING VESSEL MARY ANN TO SAFETY BOSTON – A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Chatham successfully escorted the Gloucester, Mass.-based 62-foot fishing vessel Mary Ann into Hyannis harbor, Mass. at 9:30 a.m. today. No one was injured. All crewmembers were wearing cold-water immersion suits. Once safely moored in Hyannis harbor, […]
General Category Re-opens January 2 – 4, 2005, and transfers BFT Quota NOAA Fisheries has determined to reopen the coastwide General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery for the time period of 12:30 a.m. January 2 through 11:30 p.m. January 4, 2005, inclusive. NOAA Fisheries has also determined that a quota transfer from the Atlantic […]
COAST GUARD LOCATES THREE MISSING SINCE CHRISTMAS MIAMI – The three fishermen missing since Christmas day from a recreational fishing trip have been located by Coast Guard crews who have been searching from Homestead to northern Palm Beach County for the past two days. A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., […]
SELENDANG AYU bow section ANCHORAGE, Alaska-The most recent weather front caused significant degradation of the SELENDANG AYU bow section. Today’s over flight showed the bow was almost completely submerged and listing at a sharp angle, as compared to just two days ago when the bow was low in the water but upright. Only a light […]
One North Carolina Naturally: Land and Water Protection/Conservation •Expanded Lake James State Park through a private-public partnership. In August 2004, Gov. Easley authorized the purchase of 2,915 acres in Burke County for $18.3 million to expand Lake James State Park by nearly six times its current size, protecting key natural resources and boosting tourism and […]
General Category Season Update to be Posted on December 30 An update regarding the bluefin tuna General category fishery season will be posted by 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 30. This update will also be available on the following automated information lines under the commercial fishery option: 978/281-9260 or toll free 1-888-872-8862. General Category Season […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION SEEKS ADVISORS Morehead City – The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) is looking for interested individuals to fill vacancies on all eight of its advisory committees. MFC Chairman Jimmy Johnson said, “Public participation fuels our management process and is the backbone of the Fisheries Reform Act. Advisors are selected from commercial, […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE AFTER RUDDER IS LOSTPORTSMOUTH – A Coast Guard crew rescued three people this afternoon after their 46-foot sloop lost its rudder in six- to eight-foot seas 30 miles off Duck, N.C. Controllers at Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras received a distress call from Jarvis Fox, 63, over VHF radio reporting the […]
