CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two adults and one minor from an oil platform in Mesquite Bay Saturday evening. At approximately 10 p.m., Coast Guard Station Port Aransas watchstanders received a call from a man stating he and two others swam to a platform after their boat capsized around 6 p.m. […]
HOUSTON — Coast Guard and Texas City fire and police departments are searching for a man north of the Texas City Dike Saturday. Missing is 22-year-old Marlon Zepeta. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and Adidas pants. At approximately 3:30 p.m., the crew of the tugboat Anita J contacted the Coast Guard and […]
A 50-foot recreational boat sits beached near Padre Island Canals in Corpus Christi, Texas, Dec. 14, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photo. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi and Texas General Land Office are continuing to respond Monday to oil pollution from a beached 50-foot recreational boat near the Padre Island Canals in […]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard, Galveston County Sherrif’s Dept. and Crystal Beach Fire Dept. are searching for a man near mile marker 338 in the Intracoastal Waterway, near Crystal Beach, Texas. Missing is Terry Millender of Crystal Beach. The Coast Guard recieved a report from Galveston County Sherrifs Dept. that a 19-foot skiff had been […]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to a fire aboard a liquid gas carrier that occurred around 9:45 a.m. Monday, which caused the closure of about 2 miles of the upper ship channel from Houston Ship Channel light 164 to light 151 (near Greensport Dock West). The fire is out, all […]
Photos of damage to the barge CBC 7026 and barge TTI-150 after they collided near mile marker 341 in the Intracoastal Waterway, Dec. 23, 2013. U.S. Coast Guard photo. HOUSTON — The Coast Guard responded to a collision between two barges early Monday morning in the vicinity of Siever’s Cove on Bolivar Peninsula, in the […]
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is reminding boaters to practice safe boating and exercise caution during New Year’s Eve celebrations, and throughout the upcoming weekend. Coast Guard crews throughout the Seventh Coast Guard District will be on duty New Year’s Eve to ensure everyone venturing out on the water has a safe holiday. Anyone planning […]
Warming water temperatures due to climate change could expand the range of many native species of tropical fish, including the invasive and poisonous lionfish, according to a study of 40 species along rocky and artificial reefs off North Carolina by researchers from NOAA and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. The findings, reported for the first […]
NOAA Announces New Regulations for King and Spanish Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region A new rule, effective July 16, 2014, will change the coastal migratory pelagics permit requirements and restrictions, including modification of the sales provisions and income requirements. For the Gulf of Mexico, the rule prohibits the sale of king […]
NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold public discussions with nation’s mariners and waterway stakeholders NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey is joining the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as hosts of a series of public discussions on navigational aid technology and information requirements. Coast Survey […]
