Carolina Beach Inlet Receives $370,000 in Emergency Funds! Mayor Dennis Barbour just called me and announced that Mike McIntyre had announced that Carolina Beach Inlet was to receive 370,000 dollars in Emergency Funding for the 2005 season. What does this mean? This means that we get 2 dredgings during the 2005 season. That should be enough for […]
RESCUE CREW RECEIVES AIR CREW OF THE YEAR AWARD NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station New Orleans received the Naval Helicopter Association, region five, Air Crew of the Year Award for 2004. Lt. Craig O’Brien, Lt. j.g.Aaron Green, Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Colbath, and Petty Officer 3rd Class […]
COAST GUARD CREW MEDEVACS INJURED FISHERMAN BOSTON – A boat crew from Station Chatham medevaced a 43-year-old fisherman with an injured hand from the fishing vessel Linda one mile east of Chatham, Mass., at 1:15 a.m. today. The master of the 92-foot Boston-based fishing vessel radioed the Coast Guard at 6:45 p.m. Friday reporting Daniel […]
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Votes on Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Regulations for the 2005-2006 Season RALEIGH, N.C. (March 4, 2005) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission met on March 2 and approved 50 new regulations that will take effect for the 2005-2006 hunting, fishing and trapping season, which begins on July 1. The 19 Commissioners […]
COAST GUARD COMPLETES MISSIONGULF COAST OPERATION A SUCCESS NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard concluded a two-week operation in the Gulf of Mexico today dedicated to three specific missions: protecting living marine resources, enforcing laws and treaties, and promoting safety for life at sea. Operation Amberjack, involving Coast Guard personnel from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and […]
COAST GUARD LAUNCHES AMERICA’S WATERWAY WATCH TO ENCOURAGE REPORTING OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard officially launched America’s Waterway Watch today to encourage members of the maritime and recreational boating industries and the boating public to report suspicious activities in our nation’s ports and waterways. “This is a program similar to neighborhood […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.4 MILLION TO SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today awarded $1.4 million today to the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium to further its mission of coastal environmental stewardship, education, and community involvement. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. “This money will ensure that South […]
COCAINE SEIZURE HIGHLIGHTS PATROL FOR LOCAL CUTTER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – More than 4,058 pounds of cocaine with an import value of approximately $130 million will be offloaded at the Coast Guard Integrated Support Center here Friday at 11:15 a.m. The crew of Cutter Bear seized the cocaine Jan. 26 after a high-speed chase at sea […]
MARINE FISHERIES ADVISORS SELECTED MOREHEAD CITY – Marine Fisheries Commission Chairman Jimmy Johnson has made the following selections to fill vacancies of the panel’s advisory committees: Habitat and Water Quality – Jim Stephenson (Gloucester), Jim Banks (Jacksonville), Wayne Mathis (Buxton), and Buddy Faircloth (Wilmington) Shellfish – Elaine Davis (Davis), Jim Swartzenberg (Jacksonville), Larry Gill (Swanquarter)Finfish […]
Seafood Dealer Fined $50,000 for Purchase of Illegal Bluefin NOAA Fisheries Service has cited a Massachusetts seafood dealer with a $50,000 Notice of Violation and Assessment for purchasing tuna harvested by a vessel in violation of the catch limit for Atlantic bluefin tuna. “It’s important for fishermen to know that our office and our Massachusetts […]
