E.M. CLARK U.S. MERCHANT VESSEL Builder: Unknown – Launched in 1921 as Victolite renamed E. M. Clark in 1926 Port of Origin: New England, U.S. Propulsion: Steam turbine driven Type: Steam Tanker Tonnage: 9647 tons Length: 449 feet Beam: 61 feet approx. Armament: Unarmed fuel transport Owner History: Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Remarks: […]
S.S. ATLAS U.S. Merchant Vessel Builder: William Cramp and Sons – Launched in 1916 as Sunoil renamed Atlas in 1927 Port of Origin: Philadelphia, Pa. Propulsion: Single screw – Oil-fired steam engine – 10 knots cruising Type: Fuel Tanker Tonnage: 7137 Length: 446 Width: 58 Armament: Unarmed fuel tanker Owner History: Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, […]
COAST GUARD UNITS HONORED FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT SCALLOP FISHING OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Two Coast Guard units were honored Wednesday for their efforts to facilitate safe commerce and fishing vessel safety for the New Jersey scalloping fishermen.Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet, N.J., and Coast Guard Cutter Ibis, homeported in […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Wednesday, December 7, 2005.All those waters in Onslow and Brunswick counties […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following changes in shellfish harvesting area will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, December 8, 2005.All those waters in Pender and New Hanover […]
Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Sea Mullet Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) The first meeting of the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Sea Mullet Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Thursday, December 15 at 6 p.m. The AC will meet at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Office, […]
TUG BOAT CREWMEMBER INJURED DURING TOW OPERATION ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A crewmember onboard a tug boat was medevaced by the Coast Guard this afternoon after being injured during a tow operation. Paul Willett, 38, was struck by a tow line across the lower back while working on the tug boat Penn No. 14 about 5-miles […]
NOAA ORGANIZES RESCUE TEAM TO DISENTANGLE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE U.S. Coast Guard joins rescue efforts; Inclement Weather Currently Keeping Team in Port The NOAA Fisheries Service will lead a team of federal, state and non-profit biologists and scientists to rescue an entangled North Atlantic right whale that is currently off the coast of Florida. […]
American Eel Draft Addendum I Available for Public Comment States Schedule Hearings for January The Commission’s American Eel Management Board has approved the Draft Addendum I to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Eel for public review and comment. The Draft Addendum proposes the establishment of a mandatory trip-level catch and effort monitoring program […]
Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) The Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Monday, December 12, at 6 p.m. The AC will meet at the C-MAST Building in room #305 at Carteret Community College, located at 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC.The committee will review:· An outline of a completed FMP· […]
