Air Station Savannah rescues downed pilot SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah rescued a pilot this afternoon who crashed into the marsh 20 miles south of Savannah. David Johnson, 46, of Raleigh, N.C. was enroute to Hilton Head Airport for fuel when the engine on his Piper Cub quit. […]
NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR 2006 BUDGET REQUEST Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, on February 8, 2005, announced the Administration’s FY 2006 budget NOAA budget request. NOAA’s request totals $3.6 billion, an increase of six percent or $205 million over the […]
Marine Safety Unit Responds to Vessel Collision BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 10) – A damaged barge is being repositioned by a tug, after a collision between the towing vessel CSS Arkansas and the 737-foot motor vessel Rodon Amarandon, at mile marker 179 on the Mississippi River. Coast Guard photograph courtesy of Air Station New Orleans […]
FISHERIES PANEL ADOPTS SOUTHERN FLOUNDER FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) has approved a fishery management plan for southern flounder at a recent business meeting, charting a recovery course for one of our state’s most valuable fisheries. MFC Chairman Jimmy Johnson was pleased with the final product. “The […]
STATE OFFICIALS SIGN HISTORIC HABITAT PROTECTION DOCUMENT MOREHEAD CITY – N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Bill Ross, joined representatives from three environmental commissions in a signing ceremony celebrating the completion of the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan. In the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act, the N.C. General Assembly directed the department to prepare […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M, Tuesday, February 15, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black […]
THREE FISHERMEN RESCUED OFF N.C. COAST PORTSMOUTH, Va.- The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen after their boat began taking on water about 18 miles south of Oregon Inlet, N.C., this morning. Search and rescue controllers received a radio call at about 3 a.m. from the captain of the boat reporting the 72-foot trawler Anna Marie […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE FISHERMEN IN LIFE RAFT BOSTON – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued three fishermen after their boat sank 45 miles east of Gloucester, Mass., at 1:20 p.m. today. Rescued were: Richard Shatford, Lewis Mitchell and Brian Clancy, all from Gloucester. A Coast Guard Falcon jet crew heard a mayday call from […]
NOAA’S NEWEST GENERATION OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE SUPERCOMPUTERS DEBUTS NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, successfully put into operations this week the newest generation of weather and climate supercomputers. Now, for the first time, NOAA’s National Weather Service has three systems working together for the protection of life, property and the national economy in […]
COAST GUARD, VIRGINIA MARINE POLICE ENTER INTO FORMAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Rear Adm. Sally Brice O’Hara, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District and the Commonwealth of Virginia Governor Mark Warner will formalize an important maritime security partnership at a signing ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Renaissance Hotel. The partnership, […]
