Research Ship Suffers Heavy Weather Damage COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – Coast Guard units are enroute to the disabled 591-foot Motor Vessel Explorer with 990 people aboard that is in 35-foot seas and winds gusting above 50 miles per hour approximately 650 miles south of Adak, Alaska. This ship was disabled after a reported […]
NOAA SEEKS EXPERTS TO REVIEW AGENCY’S ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH AND SCIENCE ENTERPRISE The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks a team of experts to review its mix of scientific activities and organization of its ecosystem research and science. The review team will recommend steps to meet the needs of NOAA’s mandate to effectively assess and monitor […]
2003 Recreational Boating Statistics U.S. Coast Guard statistics released this week indicate 86 percent of all boaters who drowned in 2003 were not wearing life jackets. In addition, alcohol involvement was a contributing factor in approximately one third of all reported recreational boating fatalities. More than 95 percent of boat owners report having enough life […]
BUOYS TO BE REMOVED IN HEAVILY SHOALED NORTH CAROLINA INLETS ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard will remove navigational buoys from some North Carolina ocean inlets beginning Jan. 24 where water depths have become too shallow for Coast Guard buoy tenders to operate. The movement of sand and other sediment in Lockwood’s Folly, New […]
Coast Guard Cutter Shamal recovered more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 21, 2005)–Crewmen from the Coast Guard Cutter Shamal recovered more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana a day after stopping the go-fast smuggling boat is believed to have been jettisoned from. The six suspected smugglers were tranferred to authorities from the Dominican […]
NOAA Reports Heightened Space Weather For the past five days, forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center (SEC) in Boulder , Colo. , have observed all types of space weather: radio blackouts, solar radiation storms, and geomagnetic storms. Currently, space weather forecasters are observing a moderate (G-2) geomagnetic storm and a minor (S-1) solar radiation […]
VT HALTER MARINE TO BUILD A THIRD FISHERIES SURVEY VESSEL FOR NOAA VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc., announced that it will build another Fisheries Survey Vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA exercised its option for the third of four planned vessels under an existing contract. This […]
NOAA INTRODUCES NOWCOAST WEB MAPPING PORTALWeb Site Combines Information for Easier Accessibility In a continuing effort to improve maritime safety and commerce and to monitor physical changes in weather, oceanographic and river conditions, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, introduces nowCOAST. nowCOAST is a Web mapping portal providing the coastal community with real-time coastal […]
Special Investigative Unit of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Receives Council’s 2004 Fishery Achievement Award The Special Investigative Unit of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission received the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council) 2004 Fisheries Achievement Award at the Council’s meeting in Hampton, Virginia on January 19. The award was received by Colonel Steven Bowman (on […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO NAVY HELICOPTER CRASH PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard assets responded to a Navy helicopter crash about 30 miles off Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., today. The cause of the crash is unknown. Before going down, the crew was able to radio a mayday which was heard by local Coast Guard […]
