Month: January 2006

NOAA PLANS SHIFT IN GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE ORBIT TO IMPROVE WEATHER FORECAST CO

NOAA PLANS SHIFT IN GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE ORBIT TO IMPROVE WEATHER FORECAST COVERAGE OVER SOUTH AMERICAContinent Will Benefit from Emerging Global Earth Observation Network In Buenos Aires on Tuesday, NOAA, the Comisión Nacional de Activades Espaciales, and the World Meteorological Organization announced news of the repositioning of GOES-10. Shifting the spacecraft from its current position above […]

UPDATE: BODY OF MISSING FISHERMAN RECOVERED

UPDATE: BODY OF MISSING FISHERMAN RECOVERED CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. – The body of a missing fisherman was found this afternoon on Assateague Island, Va, after a four-hour joint agency search. Ted Daniels, from Washington, N.C., was discovered on the beach by a U.S. Park’s Service maintenance worker at about 11:40 today. Daniels and two other fisherman […]

Coast Guard Rescues Two, Still Searching for One

Coast Guard Rescues Two, Still Searching for One Chincoteague, Va. – Two fisherman were rescued from an overturned life raft in the heavy surf off of Assateague Island, Va., shortly after 8:30 a.m. today, a third man is still missing.. A Coast Guard 47-foot motor life boat from Staion Chincoteague, Va., and an HH-65 Dolphin […]

UPDATE 2: BARGE ADRIFT, TUG RESCUE OFF N.C.

UPDATE 2: BARGE ADRIFT, TUG RESCUE OFF N.C. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard crew secured an adrift double-hulled barge carrying 5.5 million gallons of petroleum product off the southern coast of North Carolina today.Members of Coast Guard Sector North Carolina’s prevention department hooked towing gear to the tug Justine Foss, with the help of […]

UPDATE: TUG RESCUE OFF CAPE FEAR

UPDATE: TUG RESCUE OFF CAPE FEAR CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard crews are currently responding to a distress call from the 135-foot tugboat, Valour, towing a 500-foot barge loaded with approximately 140,000 barrels of petroleum by-product 37 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, N.C. The Valour radioed the Coast Guard for help at approximately […]

NMFS ADJUSTS GENERAL CATEGORY ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA DAILY RETENTION LIMITS

NMFS ADJUSTS GENERAL CATEGORY ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA DAILY RETENTION LIMITS The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) waives the previously designated General category restricted fishing days (RFDs) for January 20, 21, and 22, 2006. The daily retention limit on these days is increased from zero to two large medium or giant Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT), measuring […]

6 PEOPLE RESCUED OFF CAPE FEAR, 3 STILL MISSING

6 PEOPLE RESCUED OFF CAPE FEAR, 3 STILL MISSING CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard is currently responding to a distress call from the 135-foot tugboat, Valour, towing a 500-foot barge loaded with approximately 140,000 barrels of petroleum by-product 37 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, N.C. The Valour, radioed the Coast Guard for […]

CAP SET ON BLUE CRAB SIZE LIMIT

CAP SET ON BLUE CRAB SIZE LIMITResearch Shows Abundance and Size of Crabs Declining MOREHEAD CITY – Beginning Jan. 16, recreational and commercial fishermen will be faced with a first-ever maximum size limit for the crabs they harvest – no mature female crabs can be kept over 6 ¾ inches from spike to spike and […]

COLLISION UPDATE

COLLISION UPDATE BALTIMORE – Three people were recovered from the water today after a collision between a tug boat and a fishing boat. Coast Guard controllers received a report 2 p.m. that there was a collision between the tug Richard Lowry and a fishing boat in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in […]

Date Change for Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting; Now Schedul

Date Change for Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting; Now Scheduled for Feb 20-23 The dates for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s February Meeting have been changed to February 20 – 23. This meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Drive, in Arlington, VA. For more information, contact […]