COAST GUARD WARNS MARINERS OF POWERFUL OFFSHORE STORM

 BOSTON — The Coast Guard is warning mariners to take caution over the next 48 hours due to a powerful storm impacting the New England coastline and offshore area. The National Weather Service is estimating wind gusts as strong as 60 knots and waves as large as 26 feet in some areas. Coast Guard aircraft […]

COAST GUARD TOWS DISABLED FISHING BOAT 200 MILES TO CAPE COD BAY

 BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane towed the 95-foot fishing vessel Megan Marie after it became disabled Saturday about 200 miles southeast of Cape Cod. Watchstanders at the First Coast Guard District Command Center received notification at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday that the Megan Marie, homeported out of New Bedford, had […]

COAST GUARD SEEKS PUBLIC’S HELP IDENTIFYING ILLEGAL FISHING ACTIVITY

 BOSTON — The Coast Guard is urging anyone with information about illegal fishing operations to contact a confidential hotline at 1 (844) 847-2431. A healthy, and sustainable marine environment is an indispensable part of the economy in the northeast. The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, enforces marine resource management and protection laws to preserve healthy […]