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USCG Removes Buoys in Heavily Shoaled N.C. Inlets

USCG Removes Buoys in Heavily Shoaled N.C. Inlets ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard removed the navigational buoys from Lockwood’s Folly Inlet Thursday and plans to remove the navigational buoys from New River Inlet Tuesday because these North Carolina inlets have become too shallow for buoy tenders to safely operate.The movement of sand and […]

Deputy Undersecretary to Testify before Senate Commerce Committee on the Status

Deputy Undersecretary to Testify before Senate Commerce Committee on the Status of the U.S. Tsunami Warning System The Deputy Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere BG John (Jack) J. Kelly, Jr., USAF (Ret.), will testify on the status of the U.S. tsunami warning system before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (Chair Ted Stevens, R-AK) […]

COAST GUARD RESCUES 4 AFTER CAPE MAY BOAT ABLAZE

  COAST GUARD RESCUES 4 AFTER CAPE MAY BOAT ABLAZE BOSTON – A helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod rescued four fisherman from the Cape May based fishing boat, Enterprise, two miles east of Nantucket at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday night. Crew members from the Enterprise, a 72-foot fishing vessel, contacted the Coast Guard […]

USCG Finds Distressed Mariners

USCG Finds Distressed Mariners PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard found four people in a life raft approximately 60 miles southeast of Bermuda today at approximately 6:15 p.m. The Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center in Portsmouth received a signal from an emergency position indicating radio beacon at about 10 a.m. from the pleasure craft Emilen […]

COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL TAKING ON WATER OFF CHARLOTTE

COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL TAKING ON WATER OFF CHARLOTTE HARBOR ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Crews from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and the Coast Guard Cutter Marlin responded this afternoon as the Placida Queen, a 68-foot fishing vessel with 24 people on board began […]

NOAA SATELLITES PLAY KEY ROLE IN 260 RESCUES IN 2004

NOAA SATELLITES PLAY KEY ROLE IN 260 RESCUES IN 2004More People Purchasing Emergency Beacons NOAA satellites played a key role in rescuing 260 people throughout the United States and its surrounding waters from potentially life-threatening emergencies in 2004. This number of rescues is an increase from the 224 lives saved in 2003. NOAA’s polar-orbiting and […]

NOAA POSTS NEW UPDATES TO JACKSONVILLE NAUTICAL CHART

NOAA POSTS NEW UPDATES TO JACKSONVILLE NAUTICAL CHARTSafe Navigation Important to Super Bowl XXXIX Visitors In preparation for the 2005 Super Bowl, NOAA has released a newly updated chart of the Jacksonville, Fla. port area. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, made the updates to the Jacksonville nautical chart a high priority in order […]

N.C. DENR Protects North Carolinaââ‚ÂÃ

N.C. DENR Protects North Carolina’s Valuable Coastal ResourcesThe North Carolina coast is home to a variety of fish and shellfish, largely because the state has such a great diversity of natural habitats where those animals feed, spawn and grow. Whether it is a freshwater swamp, a salt marsh or a mud flat, these habitats all […]

Council to Develop Controlled Access System for Mackerel

Council to Develop Controlled Access System for MackerelThe Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) met in Hampton, VA last week to review the status of Amendment 9 to its Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan; comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’ (NMFS) proposed rule regarding the incidental take of bottlenose dolphin and sea […]

National Weather Service Director Testifies at House Science Committee Tsunami W

National Weather Service Director Testifies at House Science Committee Tsunami Warning Hearing The Assistant Administrator for Weather Services BG David L. Johnson, USAF (Ret.) testified on the NOAA tsunami warning system before a House Science Committee (Chair Sherwood Boehlert, R-NY) January 26 th hearing. In his statement he described the NOAA tsunami warning centers in […]