Category: NC

Corps and Coast Guard work cooperatively to address shoaled inlets

Corps and Coast Guard work cooperatively to address shoaled inlets      WILMINGTON, NC – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is working closely with the United States Coast Guard as the Coast Guard plans to remove entire buoy systems from four dangerously shoaled inlets along the North Carolina Coast. These inlets are Lockwoods Folly […]

Long Distance Movements of Atlantic Sharks from the NMFS Cooperative Shark Taggi

Long Distance Movements of Atlantic Sharks from the NMFS Cooperative Shark Tagging Program* by J.G. Casey and N.E. Kohler *In: Discovering Sharks. 1990. S.H. Gruber ed. American Littoral Society, Highlands, N.J. pp.87-90. In 1962, the U.S. Government initiated a shark tagging program in the Atlantic Ocean with the volunteer assistance of sport and commercial fishermen. […]

COAST GUARD RESCUES 2 FROM LIFE RAFT

COAST GUARD RESCUES 2 FROM LIFE RAFT ATLANTIC CITY – With heavy weather rolling in, the Coast Guard Cutter Ibis rescued two men from a life raft after their 45-foot scalloper sank about 20 miles east of Atlantic City today. The F/V Chico Bravo began taking on water and sank leaving the two men onboard, […]

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AS WINTER GRIPS MOST OF THE NATION, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPACE WEATHER, TOO Jan 19, 2005 — For the past five days, forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., have observed all types of space weather: radio blackouts, solar radiation storms and geomagnetic storms. Currently, space weather forecasters are observing a moderate […]

Maritime safety regulations for Super Bowl XXXIX finalized

Maritime safety regulations for Super Bowl XXXIX finalizedFor detailed instructions concerning the maritime regulations and security zones please click here. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port has finalized and released the regulated navigational areas, security zones and temporary anchorage areas on the St. Johns River, which will be established and enforced […]

COAST GUARD RESCUES FOUR ON DISABLED FISHING BOAT

COAST GUARD RESCUES FOUR ON DISABLED FISHING BOAT PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard cutter is towing a disabled squid fishing vessel from the Mid Atlantic off New Jersey to Block Island Sound, R.I. The crew of the New York, New York-registered, 86-foot fishing vessel Provider radioed Coast Guard Station Woods Hole, Mass., for help […]

Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Shellfish Advisory Committee

Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Shellfish Advisory Committee The next meeting of the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Shellfish Advisory Committee will be held Monday, January 24, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the C-MAST Building, 303 College Circle, Room 305, Morehead City, NC. The Committee will first receive comments on the Oyster […]

NEW OYSTER RESTRICTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED

NEW OYSTER RESTRICTIONS TO BE CONSIDEREDMOREHEAD 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 of […]

Coast Guard, others search for man over board from Bering Sea crab boat

Coast Guard, others search for man over board from Bering Sea crab boat JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard helicopter crew along with an Alaska State Trooper fixed-wing aircraft and four Good Samaritan vessels are currently searching for a man over board 150 miles northwest of Saint Paul. The Coast Guard received notification at about […]

Fishing boat sinks with 6 people on board

Fishing boat sinks with 6 people on board ANCHORAGE, Alaska-An urgent search is currently underway in the North Pacific for three fishermen from a crab boat that presumably sank this morning. There were six people on board, three were recovered already. One crewmember, Cache Seel, is doing well in the Saint Paul clinic, one has […]