COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR MISSING SHIP PILOT

COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR MISSING SHIP PILOT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is searching this morning for a Chesapeake ship pilot who reportedly fell while boarding a freight ship off Cape Henlopen, at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Atlantic City were contacted […]

Loss of Whooping Cranes at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge After Storms

Loss of Whooping Cranes at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge After Storms Hit Central FloridaThe Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) regretfully announces theloss of the 18 juvenile whooping cranes at the Chassahowitzka NationalWildlife Refuge. The cranes died as a result of the storms that sweptthrough central Florida during the evening and early morning of February 1and […]

COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER SATURDAY

COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER SATURDAY WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard plans to close the Cape Fear River to all boat traffic from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday to ensure the safe passage of a ship delivering four new cranes to the port here. There is potential that the transit could […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels […]

COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER

COAST GUARD TO CLOSE CAPE FEAR RIVER WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard will not be closing the Cape Fear River Friday, Feb. 2, as originally scheduled, for the transit of four new cranes to the port here.Heavy weather today prevented engineers from preparing the cranes to transit up the river, and sea conditions will […]