Senate Commerce Disaster Prevention Subcommittee Holds Polar Satellite Hearing: On March 30th, the Senate Commerce Disaster Prevention and Prediction Subcommittee (Chairman Jim DeMint, R-SC) held an oversight hearing on the delays and cost overruns of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). The Air Force and NOAA are jointly funding the NPOESS program, which […]
Vessel Sinks With 28 Aboard, USCG Investigating CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard is leading the investigation into a vessel that sank in the Calibogue Sound, S.C., at about 1:45 p.m. today with 28 people aboard. The Coconut Woman, a touring vessel with 28 people aboard, sank do to an undetermined reason. A good-Samaritan picked […]
HUMPBACK WHALE FREED FROM LIFE-THREATENING ENTANGLEMENT Ponce Inlet, Fla.â€â€ÂÂÂResearchers rescued a juvenile humpback whale, entangled in rope Sunday off the east coast of Florida, saving its life. Biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) carried out the rescue with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and […]
THREE HOISTED TO SAFETY AFTER VESSEL RUNS AGROUND ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– Three recreational boaters were hoisted to safety by the Coast Guard last night after running aground in the Maurice River. New Jersey State Police reported in to the Coast Guard at 7:10 pm yesterday that an 18-foot Regal Bow Rider boat with a family […]
U.S. COAST GUARD ASSISTS IN BAHRAIN SEARCH AND RESCUE MANAMA, Bahrain – The crew of the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell is supporting rescue efforts of a vessel that capsized off the coast here. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet crews responded immediately at approximately 10:15 p.m. Thursday after learning that a vessel capsized […]
Young Outdoor Communicators’ Competition awards presented South Carolina Wildlife Magazine has awarded the winners of the 2005-2006 Young Outdoor Communicators Competition. This year’s topic was “The Importance of Water to Our Daily Lives.” “South Carolina Wildlife magazine has conducted a young writers’ competition for more than twenty years with the purpose of encouraging students to […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES KAYAKERS ON CHARLESTON HARBOR CHARLESTON, S.C. – Two people were rescued today after their kayak capsized approximately one-mile southwest of the Charleston Harbor Marina at about 1:20 p.m. A group of kayakers called rescue coordinators at Sector Charleston to report that John Matucis and Giulio Pertile, both from Cambridge, Mass., had gone […]
COAST GUARD SAVES GROUNDED FISHING VESSEL BOSTON – A Coast Guard Station Point Allerton 47-foot motor life boat crew dewatered and towed the grounded fishing vessel Guardian from Grave’s Light to safety at Boston’s Fish Pier today. Coast Guard Sector Boston received a report that the 71-foot fishing vessel homeported in Boston, with four crewmembers […]
NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE RELEASES NECROPSY REPORTCause of 2005 Marine Mammal Strandings Unclear March 30, 2006  The NOAA Fisheries Service released necropsy results taken from stranded marine mammals off the coast of North Carolina in January 2005. Despite extensive testing, no single cause of the stranding and death of the marine mammals has been identified. […]
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Amendment 15Scoping Meetings and Comments: April 1 to June 30, 2006 The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to develop Amendment 15 to its Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in order to address a wide range of issues relating to the […]
