MAN AIRLIFTED AFTER ENGINE ROOM EXPLOSION ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – One man was airlifted this afternoon after an engine room explosion on board a tug. The man was airlifted by a Coast Guard rescue helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City and taken to Saint Barnabas Hospitals burn unit in Livingston, N.J. The tug, Robert J. […]
COAST GUARD SAVES SAME SINKING FISHING VESSEL AGAIN CLEARWATER, Fla. — Early this morning, the Coast Guard responded to a sinking fishing vessel 35 miles off John’s Pass, providing dewatering pumps and escorting the vessel back to port once it was stabilized. The two-man crew of the MISS HAYES, a 67-foot shrimp boat out of […]
EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2005 We foresee a slightly above-average hurricane season for the Atlantic basin in 2005. Also, an above-average probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall is anticipated. We do not, however, expect anything close to the U.S. landfalling hurricane activity of 2004. By […]
Fishing crew rescued from vessel ablaze MIAMI – Crews from a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter are currently rescuing 14 fishermen off a 72-foot Bahamian fishing vessel which is on fire approximately 50 miles northwest of Nassau, Bahamas. Coast Guard District Seven’s command center in Miami recieved notification of the vessel in distress at approximately […]
Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS Coastal Waters From Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT February 22, 2005 GPS RECEIVERS MANUALLY-ENTERED POSITION OFFSET CAUTION NOTICE GPS Receiver Manually-Entered Position Offsets May Cause Safety Hazard when Interconnected to Navigation DevicesIt has come to the attention of the U.S. Coast […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, March 2, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. TRIP LIMITSDuring the period beginning at 12:01 A.M. Wednesday, March 2, 2005 and ending at 6:00 P.M. on […]
Public Forum on Marine Protected Areas; March 7 in Washington, DC The National Marine Protected Areas Center is developing a framework for the national system of marine protected areas (MPAs), as directed by Executive Order 13158. Input from stakeholders, agencies, authorities, and the MPA Federal Advisory Committee is key to the development of this guiding […]
WE NEED YOUR HELP! We have not received a reply for Governor Easleys office about the Regional Inlet Meeting in Swansboro on March 3rd. Please take a moment RIGHT NOW TODAY! And write Governor Easley’s office asking him to attend. I wrote the letter below this morning. Please feel free to use it. […]
Fishing Boat Patrick James Capsized VENICE, La. (Feb. 22) – The fishing boat Patrick James sits near the entrance of South Pass, La., Tuesday after it capsized. The five people who were aboard the boat before it sank were rescued by a good samaratin. A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Venice transported the survivors to the […]
2005 Striped Bass Season for Roanoke River Opens March 1RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2005)  The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open the lower Roanoke River to striped bass fishing from March 1 through April 15 and the upper Roanoke River from March 15 through April 30. The lower Roanoke River is defined as the […]
