SALVAGE OF SAILING VESSEL COMPLETE; C&D Canal open to all vessel traffic ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A commercial salvage company successfully raised the sailing vessel Heron from the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal at about 11:30 a.m., pumped out the remaining water and placed the vessel on a crane barge. Following a […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M, Thursday, May 17, 2007, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMIT It is unlawful to […]
Notice to Mariners C&D Canal Closed Until Further Notice PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The C&D canal linking Chesapeake and Delaware Bays has been closed while the while the Army Corps of Engineers removes a sunken sailing vessel involved in a collision last night. The canal was closed after a collision between the sailing vessel and the […]
CREWS BEGIN FOAM CLEANUP FORT MACON, N.C. – The unified command continues to move forward this morning in the cleanup of polystyrene foam that washed up on the shore Wednesday between Cape Lookout, N.C., and the North Carolina-Virginia border. 30 workers from Moran Environmental Recovery deployed from Davis, N.C. to Cape Lookout to begin picking […]
Coast Guard Searches 47,000 Nautical Miles for Four Missing Sailors PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard search continues tonight for four sailors onboard the sailing vessel Flying Colours who have been missing off the North Carolina coast since Monday morning. The search for the missing sailors, Patrick Topping, 39, Jason Franks, 34, Rhiannon Borisoff, 22 and […]
By Air and by Sea, Coast Guard Searches for Missing Boaters PORTSMOUTH, Va. – (May 10) An HC-130 long-distance search and rescue airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., flies over the Cutter Tampa off the coast of North Carolina yesterday. The Tampa, homeported in Portsmouth, has been assisting air crews from Elizabeth […]
Styrofoam Packing Material Washes Ashore on North Carolina Beaches Morehead City, N.C.–Styrofoam packing material began washing ashore on the beaches of the North Carolina Outer Banks Wednesday afternoon as a result of a container ship encountering severe weather off the coast. The debris field ranges from Cape Lookout northward to the Virginia border. The most […]
Coast Guard Search Enters Fourth Day PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard search continues for four sailors onboard the sailing vessel Flying Colours who have been missing off the North Carolina coast since Monday. The search for the missing sailors, Patrick Topping, 39, Jason Franks, 34, Rhiannon Borisoff, 22 and Christine Grinavic, 25, has covered […]
Styrofoam Packing Material Washes Ashore on North Carolina Beaches Morehead City, N.C.–Styrofoam packing material began washing ashore on the beaches of the North Carolina Outer Banks Wednesday afternoon as a result of a container ship encountering severe weather off the coast. The debris field ranges from Cape Lookout northward to the Virginia border. The most […]
New materials for Georgetown area artificial reefs Artificial reefs off the coast of Georgetown were enhanced recently, with two deployment efforts of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.The Georgetown area reefs receiving the recent materials include the Georgetown Reef and the Greenville Reef, which lie offshore from Winyah Bay. The materials enhance the existing reefs […]
