Dead Right Whale approximately 78 miles east of Nantucket BOSTON – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba worked with NOAA officials to document a dead right whale 78 miles east of Nantucket, Mass., today. The cutter Escanaba, homeported in Boston, received a call from a NOAA surveillance plane reporting the dead right whale. […]
COAST GUARD DENIES ENTRY TO FOREIGN SHIP NORFOLK, Va. – The Captain of the Port of Hampton Roads has denied entry to a foreign freight ship after a Coast Guard boarding team determined the master was intoxicated. A Coast Guard Sea Marshal team boarded the 214-foot General Lee, flagged in Panama, at 6 a.m. today […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES CREW FROM TUG FIRE IN ICW HOUSTON– Coast Guard search and rescue crews from Station South Padre Island, Texas, rescued the four-man crew of the tugboat Wally Blessey that caught fire just before midnight Sunday in the Intracoastal Waterway in Port Isabel, Texas. The tug, pushing one barge carrying lube oil, had […]
PERSON MISSING FROM DOWNED HELICOPTERCoast Guard Coordinating Multi-Agency Search Efforts PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is coordinating local, state, and federal assets in a search effort this morning for a man missing from a downed helicopter in the Potomac River. A medical helicopter went down about 11:30 p.m. Monday in the river near the […]
NOAA SCIENTISTS ABLE TO MEASURE TSUNAMI HEIGHT FROM SPACE Jan 10, 2005  After reviewing data from four Earth-orbiting radar satellites, NOAA scientists today announced they were able to measure the height of the devastating tsunami that erupted in the Indian Ocean. The ability to make depth surveys from space may lead to improvements in […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO OVERTURNED TOWBOAT PITTSBURGH – Investigators from Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Pittsburgh are responding to an overturned towboat in the Ohio River, near the town of Industry today. The Coast Guard was notified at 3 a.m. that the M/V Elizabeth M and three of the vessel’s six loaded coal barges went […]
Sinking of fishing vessel Northern Edge BOSTON – The Coast Guard continues its investigation into the capsizing and sinking of the fishing vessel Northern Edge, Dec. 20, 2004. Five fishermen lost their lives when the vessel capsized and sank in frigid waters about 45 miles east southeast of Nantucket, Mass. To conduct a thorough investigation […]
New Council Member Appointed for South CarolinaCOMMERCE SECRETARY APPOINTS FISHERY COUNCIL MEMBER The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the appointment of Julian M. Pendarvis, a recreational fisherman from Edisto Island, S.C., to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Under this appointment, Pendarvis will serve on the Council until Aug. 10, 2007. He replaces Richard […]
Council Seeks Applicants for Fishery Advisory Panels NGO Representatives Solicited for Species Specific PanelsThe South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is seeking experienced and knowledgeable members of the public to serve on its fishery management advisory panels. Advisory panel members play a key role in the fishery management process by providing grass roots information and guidance […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION SEEKS RIVER HERRING ADVISORSMOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission is seeking interested individuals to serve as advisors to assist in updating the state’s River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP).Commission Chairman Jimmy Johnson said, “Advisors play a key role in determining the most responsible conservation and management measures for our […]
