CULTCH PLANTING MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN MAY MOREHEAD CITY – The Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) will hold public meetings in May to receive suggestions and comments on cultch planting – where shells and rock are placed on formerly productive shellfish beds to restore the habitat. Oysters, clams and other aquatic life are attracted […]
WORKSHOP SLATED ON SOCIOECONOMICS OF FISHING MOREHEAD CITY – Want to learn more about the value and importance of marine fisheries in North Carolina? If so, plan on being at the Riverfront Convention Center in New Bern on May 13, beginning at 8:30 a.m., for a free day-long socioeconomic workshop. The state Division of Marine […]
Safety Issues Result in Vessel Voyage Termination BARNEGAT LIGHT, NJ A commercial fishing vessel voyage was terminated early this morning by the Coast Guard for failure to comply with safety regulations. The Chargers, a 59-foot scalloping vessel homeported in Barnegat Light, NJ, was boarded this at 12:18 a.m. by a Coast Guard 41-foot patrol boat […]
Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENTApril 20, 2004 NC – NEUSE RIVER TO MYRTLE GROVE – SHOALING There has been a report of shoaling to an approximate depth of 4 feet MLW in the vicinity of Bogue Sound Daybeacon 32 (LLNR 38980) Mariners are urged to use extreme caution when transiting […]
April 24, 2004 Friends of the South End We held our second protest today. WECT Channel 6 covered the protest as well as Willard Killough, the editor of the Island Gazette, who spent the day with us as well. South District Parks Superintendent Jud Burns came over to us and offered us the use of […]
Rhode Island woman medevaced from yacht off Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Coast Guard Station Mayport rescue boat crew medevaced a 24-year-old Rhode Island woman from the 180-foot yacht Grand Mariner about 2:18 a.m. today 12 miles east of Mayport, Fla. Lyndsay Sears, 24 of Warwick, R.I., was dehydrated and vomiting blood. Concerned for Sears’ […]
COAST GUARD SUFFERS FIRST COMBAT DEATH SINCE VIETNAM PORTSMOUTH, VA – U.S. Coast Guard Damage Controlman Third Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, from Smithtown, N.Y., died from injuries sustained when a small boat exploded as he and six other coalition sailors attempted to board it near the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal Saturday. Injured […]
47 COUNTRIES, EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGREE TO TAKE “PULSE OF THE PLANET”Milestone Summit Launches Plan to Revolutionize Understanding of How Earth Works April 26, 2004  Recognizing that Earth’s most pressing problems know no geographic boundaries, ministers of 47 nations and the European Commission agreed Sunday to develop pioneering global architecture that will, over the next […]
New Smyrna Beach man rescued after boat hits jetties JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Ponce Inlet and local EMS units rescued a New Smyrna Beach man after the 17-foot pleasure craft he was in hit the tip of the North jetties at Ponce Inlet about 1:15 a.m. today. Buell Fidler, 47, of New Smyrna […]
Senate Commerce Cmte FY05 Budget Hearing Wednesday, April 28, VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee (Chair John McCain R-AZ) on NOAA’s FY05 Budget Request. Senate Commerce Cmte FY05 Budget Hearing Wednesday, April 28, VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and […]
