SAN FRANCISCO — Good Samaritan mariners rescued two distressed boaters in San Pablo Bay, Marin County, at approximately 5 p.m., Thursday. At approximately 4:42 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report from a good Samaritan boating in San Pablo Bay, of a large debris field. The debris reported indicated that a recreational […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued two men from a capsized commercial fishing vessel that was located approximately six miles west of San Francisco Monday. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a distress call from the commercial fishing vessel Jack D 7 at 10:02 a.m. The vessel’s crew reported that it was […]
SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews and local responders rescued three people from the water south of the Grays Harbor South Jetty, Saturday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria in Warrenton, Oregon hoisted two females and one male, and safely transported them to emergency medical personnel waiting at Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor in Westport. Watchstanders at Coast Guard […]
SEATTLE — Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology personnel are overseeing pollution cleanup after sheening was reported around the bulk carrier Nord Auckland anchored near Kalama, Thursday. The responsible party contracted Clean Rivers Cooperative, who has two booming vessels on scene with crews engaged in cleanup operations. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received reports of […]
SEATTLE – Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology personnel are overseeing the response to the sunken 34-foot fishing vessel Streaker north of Rainbow Bridge near La Conner, Washington, Wednesday. Global Diving and Salvage technicians, who were contracted using funds from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, are en route and will remove all […]
(H.R. 1987) to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. SEC. 302. SURVIVAL CRAFT. Mr. Shuster, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, submitted the following R […]
NEW ORLEANS — Over the course of the past week, the Coast Guard responded to multiple cases along the Gulf of Mexico where people in distress were not wearing lifejackets. Life Jackets should be used with any activity on the water, whether it’s done with a paddle, motor or a sail. Using a properly fitted […]
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 […]
