In Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and two good Samaritan boaters recovered three people from the water after their boat capsized near Indian River Inlet Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a distress call via VHF-FM radio channel 16 from boaters aboard a 23-foot boat. Sector Delaware Bay issued an urgent marine information […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is scheduled to establish a temporary regulated area Thursday through Sunday off Ocean City for an annual air show. The regulated area will be in effect from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The regulated area will be from Talbot Street to 33rd Street, extending out approximately 500 yards […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued a man Wednesday after he fell overboard into the Chesapeake Bay near Westland. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Milford Haven in Hudgins received a call from Lancaster County Dispatch at approximately 1:29 p.m. stating a woman witnessed her husband fall overboard their 33-foot recreational vessel. She reported she […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued seven people Sunday in the Potomac River near the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Coast Guard Sector Maryland–National Capital Region watchstanders received a notification via VHF-Channel 16 at approximately 1:00 p.m. that a 30-foot boat with seven people aboard was taking on water. Coast Guard Station Washington launched a 29-foot Response […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard responded to a report of a boat fire Friday at the fuel pier of Bowley’s Marina in Galloway Creek near Middle River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received a report at approximately 11 a.m. from Baltimore County Fire Department dispatch stating a 35-foot boat was on fire […]
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will launch a mission to recover a voyage data recorder located April 26 in about 15,000 feet of water near the Bahamas. The voyage data recorder is from the cargo ship El Faro, a U.S. flagged cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin Oct. 1, 2015. The El […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard, local partner agencies and a good Samaritan responded Wednesday to a mayday call from a boat that sank with 22 people aboard near Bloodsworth Island. Responding agencies included Maryland Natural Resources Police, Maryland State Police, Dorchester County EMS and Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National […]
Fishing and seafood industries a strong part of U.S. coastal economy Commercial and recreational saltwater fishing in the United States generated more than $214 billion in sales and supported 1.83 million jobs in 2014, according to a new economic report released by NOAA Fisheries today. The report, Fisheries Economics of the United States 2014, provides […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to discontinue 166 navigational aids within the Virginia Inside Passage (VIP) due to shoaling and other navigational safety concerns throughout the area. Fixed aids to navigation will be removed as Coast Guard resources permit over the next several years and will be listed under an Advance Notice […]
