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Fisheries Administrator Meets with Key Representatives of the Marine Recreationa

Fisheries Administrator Meets with Key Representatives of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Community On Thursday, October 28, Dr. Bill Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, briefed key representatives and organizations of the saltwater sportfishing community to discuss important saltwater recreational issues including the striped bass draft environmental impact statement, northwest salmon, recreational data and statistics, marine protected […]

An anchor in American history to be raised

An anchor in American history to be raised JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray will attempt to retrieve the original anchor of the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle from the St. Johns River tomorrow morning. The 3,800 pound anchor broke free from its chain during a routine maneuver when […]

USCG AUXILIARY CREW SAVES YOUNG MAN’S LIFE

USCG AUXILIARY CREW SAVES YOUNG MAN’S LIFE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard Auxiliary crew saved the life an 18-year-old man after he was ejected from his jet ski at the mouth of the Perrin River, Va., today at about 3:30 p.m. Steve Hogge was found exhausted and without a lifejacket in the 59-degree water […]

FISHING VESSEL SUNK NEAR MOUTH OF BARNEGAT INLET

FISHING VESSEL SUNK NEAR MOUTH OF BARNEGAT INLET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Philadelphia, Pa., is overseeing cleanup and salvage operations for a fishing vessel that sunk a mile and a half south of Barnegat Inlet. Coast Guard Group Atlantic City received a report from the fishing vessel […]

COAST GUARD OVERSEEING CLEANUP AND SALVAGE ON SUNKEN TUG IN CHRISTINA RIVER

COAST GUARD OVERSEEING CLEANUP AND SALVAGE ON SUNKEN TUG IN CHRISTINA RIVER ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Philadelphia, Pa., is overseeing cleanup and salvage operations for a tug that sunk at the mouth of the Christina River in Wilmington, Del. MSO Philadelphia received a report at 3:57 p.m. […]

NC Marine Fisheries Commission Central Regional Advisory Committee

NC Marine Fisheries Commission Central Regional Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Central Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Service Office, located at 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern, NC.The Committee will receive an update on the […]

THE MARINERSâ€âââ‚Â

THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM AND NOAA TO BREAK GROUND ON USS MONITOR CENTER The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, today broke ground at the Newport News, Va.-based museum on the USS Monitor Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art exhibition and conservation facility focused on the famed Civil War ironclad. NOAA is an agency […]

Regulators Congratulate Tar-Pamlico And Neuse River Basin Agricultural Communiti

Regulators Congratulate Tar-Pamlico And Neuse River Basin Agricultural Communities For Nitrogen Reduction Efforts RALEIGH — Annual reports from the state’s Division of Water Quality on progress made to reduce nitrogen pollution in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico rivers show a resounding success. The agricultural community in both basins exceeded the goals of the state’s first row […]

Random Drawing for Standard and Retired Commercial Fishing Licenses

Random Drawing for Standard and Retired Commercial Fishing Licenses Notice is hereby given that the License Eligibility Review Board will meet on November 1, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. to review applications to determine if the criteria has been met for the random drawing for Standard and Retired Commercial Fishing Licenses. The meeting will be held […]

The Loss Of The Monitor

From Century Magazine, p299, 1885. The Loss Of The Monitor by Francis B. Butts, a Survivor of the Wreck At daybreak on the 29th of December, 1862, at Fort Monroe, the Monitor hove short her anchor, and by ten o’clock in the forenoon she was under way for Charleston, South Carolina, in charge of Commander […]