Council Agrees on Multi-Year Specifications forSummer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass;Initiates Amendment 1 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan March 22, 2004 During its March 2004 meeting in Wrightsville Beach, NC the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council agreed to move forward with Framework Adjustment 5 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass […]
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COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO VESSEL GROUNDING Fort Lauderdale, Fla./March 26, 2004 — Marine Safety Office Miami is investigating the grounding and overseeing response operations for the 544-foot Greek-flagged motor vessel EASTWIND, which ran aground while entering Port Everglades this morning. A marine inspector is on board and commercial salvage has been arranged by the owner. There are […]
NOAA TEAM PLANS FRIDAY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ROPES FROM ENDANGERED RIGHT WHALENOAA Divers Join the Disentanglement Team March 25, 2004  NOAA Fisheries and its rescue team partners are planning to disentangle rope and buoys from the juvenile male endangered right whale Friday with the help of expert divers from NOAA and the University of […]
CG Members Receiving Award For Heroism PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard personnel will receive an award Friday at 7:30 a.m. for their heroic efforts to intercept and apprehend a hijacked Cuban boat in July, 2003. Vice Adm. James D. Hull, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, will present an award to boarding team members and crewmembers […]
ROUGH SEAS THWART NOAA TEAM ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ROPE FROM ENDANGERED RIGHT WHALE Disentanglement Team Returns With Biopsy Samples March 24, 2004  Rough seas off the Carolina coast prevented veterinarians and whale experts from NOAA Fisheries and their rescue team partners from attempting to remove rope and buoys from the juvenile male endangered right […]
Hearing on Marine Turtle Conservation ActMarch 24, 2004 On Thursday, March 25, Rebecca Lent, Deputy Assistant Administrator for National Marine Fisheries Services, will testify before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans (Chair, Wayne Gilchrest R-MD) on HR 3378, The Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2003. Hearing on Marine Turtle Conservation […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING HELICOPTER NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search the Gulf of Mexico south of Galveston, Texas, for a missing helicopter with 10 people aboard. An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter and an HU-25 Falcon jet from Coast Guard Air Station Houston, Texas, are searching in the vicinity of a […]
4 BODIES LOCATED, 3 RECOVERED; SEARCH TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. Coast Guard crew has recovered three bodies in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 60 miles south of Galveston, Texas. A fourth body was located but was unable to be safely recovered due to the heavy sea conditions. The Coast Guard Cutter […]
Rescue efforts for endangered right whale, Kingfisher, continue JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin, homeported in Charleston, S.C., returned to Georgetown, S.C., this evening with a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) personnel after a day at sea trying to untangle the lines around the endangered […]
