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Governmental Advisory

Governmental Advisory UPDATE Mystery Sheen – Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway North Carolina Intracoastal Waterway – An oily sheen was reported by an Air Force pilot to Marine Safety Team, Elizabeth City at approximately 10:00 am, Tuesday the 24th. The sheen was spotted within the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) extending southward 19 miles from the southern tip […]

NOAA REPORTS ABOVE-NORMAL ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON

NOAA REPORTS ABOVE-NORMAL ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Dec. 1, 2003 — With the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season having officially ended Nov. 30, NOAA hurricane specialists said the above-normal 2003 Atlantic hurricane season produced 14 tropical storms, of which 7 became hurricanes and 3 became major hurricanes (Fabian, Isabel and Kate). Six of the named systems affected […]

MARINE FISHERIES OFFICE MOVES BACK TO WANCHESE

MARINE FISHERIES OFFICE MOVES BACK TO WANCHESE MOREHEAD CITY – Who says you can’t go home again? Staff from the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) are excited to be moving back to their old digs at 604 Harbor Drive in the Industrial Seafood Park in Wanchese. The office will be open for business […]

MYSTERY SHEEN – ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY

MYSTERY SHEEN – ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard units in North Carolina are responding to a spill reported Tuesday around 10 a.m. in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). An HH-60 helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., investigated the initial report and verified an undetermined amount of an oily substance […]

COAST GUARD REOPENS SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISS. RIVER

COAST GUARD REOPENS SOUTHWEST PASS OF MISS. RIVER NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard reopend the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River at 1 p.m. today to one-way maritime traffic. All vessel movement through the Southwest Pass must be coordinated through the U.S. Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Center in New Orleans. The Coast Guard […]

LEE III REMOVED FROM SOUTHWEST PASS, RIVER REMAINS CLOSED

LEE III REMOVED FROM SOUTHWEST PASS, RIVER REMAINS CLOSED NEW ORLEANS – Salvage workers have moved the offshore supply vessel Lee III from the Southwest Pass, however the Southwest Pass remains closed to maritime traffic. The Lee III, though out of the channel, has not yet been stabilized. The Army Corps of Engineers must complete […]

2004 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS

SF-3-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: 2004 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 7:30 A.M., Monday, March 1, 2004, the mechanical harvest of clams WILL OPEN with the following restrictions: I. AREA DEIONS ONSLOW/CARTERET COUNTIES Clams may be taken by mechanical methods in portions of Bogue […]

NOAA SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSAL TO LESSEN FISHING IMPACTS ON SEA TURTLES & REOPEN

NOAA SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSAL TO LESSEN FISHING IMPACTS ON SEA TURTLES & REOPEN GRAND BANKS TO U.S. PELAGIC LONGLINE FLEET Feb. 24, 2004 — The conclusion of a three-year experiment in the Grand Banks and recent estimates of sea turtle bycatch (unintentional catch) in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery have prompted NOAA Fisheries to […]

SALVAGE OPERATIONS FOR LEE III CONTINUE

*Admin Note* I added a bunch of USCG Photos to the Photo Gallery….Check it out! *UPDATE*SALVAGE OPERATIONS FOR LEE III CONTINUE NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard is working closely with contracted crews in the recovery and salvage of the Lee III today in Southwest Pass, 50 miles south of New Orleans. The identity […]

1 CREWMEMBER RECOVERED FROM LEE III WRECKAGE

1 CREWMEMBER RECOVERED FROM LEE III WRECKAGE NEW ORLEANS – Contracted salvage divers working on the wreckage of the Lee III recovered a crewmember at about 4 p.m. from the partially submerged vessel. Officials at the scene of the accident are working with the local coroner to identify the remains. Divers also report having sighted […]