Coast Guard and NOAA make fisheries bust in protected area SOUTHPORT, N.C. – Coast Guard crews located two vessels in a protected area about 55 nautical miles southeast of Southport and worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel to seize 2,000 pounds of fish Aug. 6. The Coast Guard Cutter Block Island crew located […]
Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from dredge OREGON INLET, N.C. – Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet crews transported an injured crewmember from a dredge Saturday after the tug and dredge ran aground in Oregon Inlet near buoy 10. The crew of the dredge Cooper River called Sector North Carolina watchstanders reporting the vessel ran aground […]
Coast Guard finds weapon, drugs on felon’s boat in Oak Island, N.C. SOUTHPORT, N.C. – The Coast Guard found an illegal firearm, ammunition, and illegal drugs in a grounded fishing vessel and assisted local law enforcement officers with taking the vessel’s owner into custody near the Southport Harbor marina Wednesday night. The North Carolina Marine […]
Coast Guard rescues fishermen near Avon, N.C. AVON, N.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two fishermen after their boat sank 14 miles northeast of Avon Wednesday morning. The fishermen aboard the Rose Mary, a 41-foot wooden shrimper, made a distress call to Sector North Carolina watchstanders on VHF channel 16 stating they were taking on water. The watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast […]
