COAST GUARD ATLANTIC AREA, NAVY SECOND FLEET, FBI PARTICIPATE IN MARITIME HOMELAND SECURITY EXERCISE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Atlantic Area (the lead federal agency), Navy Second Fleet and the FBI are participating in Exercise Frontier Sentinel June 12-14 approximately 90 nautical miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C. In particular, the exercise will gauge […]
SEARCH FOR PHILLIP MERRILL CONTINUES PORTSMOUTH, Va – Coast Guard and Maryland Natural Resources Police crews continue the effort to locate Phillip Merrill, 72 after he and his 41-foot sail boat were reported overdue Saturday evening. A 41-foot Utility Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, a boatcrew from Station Oxford along with a helicopter […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., 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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Tuesday, June 13, 2006.All those waters in Onslow and Pender Counties will […]
Critical Habitat Re-Proposed for the Wintering Population of Piping Plovers in North Carolina – Public invited to comment –The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to redesignate critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) along portions of the coast in Dare and Hyde counties, North Carolina.Areas proposed for re-designation […]
Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Sailor Portsmouth, Va. – Coast Guard and Maryland Natural Resources Police continue their search for Philip Merrill, 72, a former Assistant Secretary General to NATO. The search for Merrill began Saturday evening after he was reported overdue from a day trip on Chesapeake Bay. Search crews located Merrill’s sailboat […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., 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 changes in shellfish harvesting area will take effect at sunrise, Sunday, June 11, 2006.Newport River in Carteret County will return to the […]
Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) The Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Thursday, June 15, at 6 p.m. The AC will meet in Room 305, at the C-Mast Building at Carteret Community College, located at 303 College Circle in Morehead City. The committee will be given an update on the […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., 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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, June 10, 2006.All those waters in Carteret, Onslow, Pender and New […]
Marine Fisheries Commission Strategic Habitat Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Strategic Habitat Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, June 14, at 10 a.m. at the CMAST Building, Room #205, located at 303 College Circle in Morehead City, North Carolina.The committee will discuss more details of the designation process, including a comprehensive template of targets […]
USCG PILOT KILLED IN VIETNAM TO BE HONORED IN CEREMONY PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard will honor one of its fallen heroes in a ceremony at Integrated Support Command Portsmouth at 8:30 a.m. Friday. Friday marks the anniversary of Lt. Jack C. Rittichier’s helicopter being shot down while flying a rescue mission in Vietnam […]
