COAST GUARD WORKS TO REMOVE WEDGED BARGE FROM MD BRIDGE BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is working with the Maryland State Police and Highway Administration to coordinate removing a 100-foot barge from under the Route 50 bridge near Annapolis, Md. The Coast Guard received notification at about 11:15 today of an unmanned barge drifting towards […]
COAST GUARD MEMBERS TO BE AWARDED FOR KATRINA SERVICE Elizabeth City, N.C. – Eighty members from the Coast Guard air station here will receive awards Wednesday at 3 p.m. for their actions during the Hurricane Katrina rescue response. RADM Larry Hereth, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, will officiate the ceremony where pilots, rescue […]
U.S. ICCAT Advisory Committee to Meet; Mar 27-28 in Silver Spring, MD The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet with its Species Working Group technical advisors on March 27-28. The Committee will discuss the outcome of the 2005 ICCAT meeting; U.S. implementation […]
Southeast Region Ecosystem Conference; Mar 19-21 in Wilmington, NC The Coastal Conference on Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Management in the Southeast Region will be held March 19-21, 2006 in Wilmington, NC. The objectives of this conference are to define coastal problems in the Southeast, examine best practices, identify the most critical issues, and reach consensus on […]
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Recommendations Now Posted Online Recommendations from the February 2006 meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) regarding Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization and the National Offshore Aquaculture bill are now posted online. The Committee supported key elements of the Administration’s proposal to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including an emphasis on frontloading the […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, March 15, 2006, the following provisions shall apply to the harvest of striped bass with COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA:I. AREA DESCRIPTION Albemarle […]
Coast Guard, FEMA to Help Raise Ships Boats and vessels sunk by Hurricane Katrina soon will be removed by the Coast Guard in 10 St. Tammany Parish waterways, according to Parish President Kevin Davis. The project by the Coast Guard will begin before the end of the month, he said, and will be limited to […]
Navy-Coast Guard National Fleet Policy Updated Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Thomas H. Collins jointly approved a new National Fleet policy statement in early March aimed at strengthening Navy-Coast Guard cooperation and tailored operational integration of each service’s multimission platforms, infrastructure and personnel. Building on more […]
NEW YORK FROZEN SEAFOOD PRICES, WEEK ENDING FRI., March 10, 2006Current selling prices ex-warehouse New York as reported by original receivers(importers, brokers, etc) in the New York Metropolitan area in US DOLLARS/CENTS per pound (unless otherwise stated). Fillets are skinless, unless otherwise stated.FINFISH:DOLPHIN(MAHI-MAHI)FILLETS(SKIN ON):PERU : 3-5# $1.75, 5-7# $2.00, 7#up $2.15.SOLE FILLETS:CHINA: 3oz $2.65, […]
TWO SAVED BY COAST GUARD, COROLLA OCEAN RESCUE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Crews from the Coast Guard and Corolla Ocean Rescue saved a married couple when their Hobie Cat overturned six miles northeast of Currituck Light, N.C., today. Currituck County 911 called the Coast Guard at 2:16 p.m. to report that the two had overturned, and […]
