NOAA INTRODUCES NOWCOAST WEB MAPPING PORTALWeb Site Combines Information for Easier Accessibility In a continuing effort to improve maritime safety and commerce and to monitor physical changes in weather, oceanographic and river conditions, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, introduces nowCOAST. nowCOAST is a Web mapping portal providing the coastal community with real-time coastal […]
Special Investigative Unit of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Receives Council’s 2004 Fishery Achievement Award The Special Investigative Unit of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission received the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council) 2004 Fisheries Achievement Award at the Council’s meeting in Hampton, Virginia on January 19. The award was received by Colonel Steven Bowman (on […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO NAVY HELICOPTER CRASH PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard assets responded to a Navy helicopter crash about 30 miles off Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., today. The cause of the crash is unknown. Before going down, the crew was able to radio a mayday which was heard by local Coast Guard […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 7:00 A.M., Monday, January 31, 2005, the season for the harvest of striped bass with ocean trawls in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions will apply: I. SIZE […]
NEW OYSTER RESTRICTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be holding a series of meetings to discuss new limits on the mechanical harvest of oysters in Pamlico Sound tributaries. The MFC is considering amending the state’s Oyster Fishery Management Plan to add additional restrictions on the harvest […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET FEBRUARY 2-4, 2005 Morehead City – The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet February 2-4 at Shell Island, Wrightsville Beach, NC. The meeting is open to the public. On February 2, the Commission will hold a public meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. where the public is invited to discuss any fisheries […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M, Sunday, January 16, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude): I. SIZE LIMIT It is unlawful […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES HUNTER PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard crew rescued a duck hunter whose boat was stuck in the ice in Chincoteague Bay this afternoon. After receiving a cell phone call from Anthony McGee about 12:30 p.m., a Coast Guard Station Chincoteague crew launched their 23-foot rescue boat to an area about three […]
THREE HUNTERS AND DOG RESCUED ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Md. – Three hunters and their dog were rescued by the Coast Guard, Virginia Marine Police and the Maryland State Police in Chincoteague Bay, Va., on Tuesday night. At approximately 6:20 p.m., Worchester, Md., 911 received a phone call from three hunters on a cellular phone to report […]
SHIP MASTER GUILTY OF OPERATING VESSEL UNDER THE INFLUENCE NORFOLK, Va. – The master of a Panama-flagged freighter was convicted Wednesday of operating a commercial vessel while under the influence of alcohol and was fined $3,000 and ordered not to operate a vessel in U.S. waters for one year. Immigration officials are also processing Hungarian […]
