PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard placed transit restrictions on the Thimble Shoals Channel Thursday between buoys 1 and 2, and Anchorage C west of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel after a buoy sank in the channel. Only vessels with a 20-foot draft or less are allowed to transit through the channel. At 4:30 p.m., Fifth District Coast […]
(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 […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard suspended their search Tuesday for two missing boaters on the Severn River near Annapolis. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a report Tuesday at approximately 11 a.m. from Anne Arundel 911 dispatch personnel of a person in the water. Anne Arundel 911 received the report from two bystanders on shore, […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for two boaters Tuesday in the Severn River near Annapolis. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a report Tuesday at approximately 11 a.m. from Anne Arundel 911 dispatch personnel of a person in the water. Anne Arundel 911 received the report from two bystanders on shore, […]
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 […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for a man believed to have entered the water Thursday near Sandy Point State Park off Annapolis. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a report Thursday at approximately 9 p.m. from Anne Arundel Fire Rescue stating a man not wearing a life jacket fell overboard […]
The final rule implementing Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic and Amendment 33 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Dolphin Wahoo Amendment 7 and Snapper-Grouper Amendment 33) published on December 28, 2015 (80 FR 80686). Regulations will be […]
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 […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard, Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Anne Arundel County Fire Rescue are searching for a man Friday off Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a report Thursday at approximately 9 p.m. from Anne Arundel Fire Rescue stating a man not wearing a […]
BALTIMORE — Two survivors of a Dec. 20 capsized vessel incident were reunited with their rescuers Wednesday at Coast Guard Station Annapolis. Brad Stemcosky and Charlie Frend met with responders from the Coast Guard, Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Saint Mary’s County. Stemcosky and Frend, both of whom are experienced boaters, got […]
