COAST GUARD TURNS OVER OAK ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE CASWELL BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to turn over the Oak Island Lighthouse, located at Coast Guard Station Oak Island, to the Town of Caswell Beach, N.C., during a ceremony on Monday at 10 a.m. The 169-foot, 66-year-old lighthouse and the property it was built […]
NTSB TO RELEASE FACTUAL REPORTS ON NEW YORK FERRY ACCIDENT As part of its continuing investigation into an accident involving a Staten Island ferry in New York City last year, the National Transportation Safety Board will open a public docket and release a series of factual reports on Monday, October 18, 2004, at 11:00 am.The […]
States Approve Addendum XV and XVI for Public Comment Addenda Propose Changes to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass FMPThe Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has approved Draft Addenda XV and XVI to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Plan for public review and comment. Atlantic coastal states from Massachusettsthrough […]
GOOD SAMARITIANS HELP COAST GUARD AGAIN ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A fishing vessel that was thought to have been lost at sea was located last night with the help of good samaritan boats and the Coast Guard. The Tuna Fizz, a 38-foot sport fishing vessel that left out of Bergan Point, NY, was thought to be […]
Fisheries Chief Named Chief Deputy Director of Wildlife Commission RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 12, 2004)  Fred Harris of Fuquay-Varina has been named chief deputy director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Harris, 58, had been the chief of the Commission’s Division of Inland Fisheries since 1986. Harris will be responsible for field operations for the […]
COAST GUARD HELICOPTER EVACUATES INJURED MAN FROM SHIP OFF OF NORFOLK PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter evacuated a Chinese national with a broken knee from a ship 370 nautical miles southeast of Norfolk, Va., this morning. Qing Jie Chu, 47, received the injury yesterday when the motor vessel Shan-Hai hit a large […]
PET, WATER GARDEN INDUSTRIES, RESOURCE AGENCIES UNITE TO CREATE A NEW ‘HABITATTITUDE™’ ON AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES Federal agencies and the pet industry are teaming to helping consumers prevent the release and escape of non-native plants and animals through Habitattitudeâ„¢, a new public education and outreach effort launched today the Super Zoo trade show in Las […]
NOAA REPORTS HURRICANES CAUSED RECORD WETNESS IN EAST Oct. 14, 2004  Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which battered the United States last month, were enough to break rainfall records for September in states throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast. Overall, temperature and precipitation were above average across the contiguous United States in […]
Bathometric Chart of the Carolina Coast This is a LARGE scale Bathy Map that I pieced together in .tiff format. You can download HERE. This chart is for use with GPSU or Maps Unique’s Eletronic edition. There is a JPEG version of it in the Photo Gallery HERE. I included calabration points on the chart. […]
MISSING MAN FOUND OFF HILLSBOROUGH MIAMI – An Indian national missing since 10 p.m. yesterday has been found by a Good Samaritan six miles off Hillsborough Inlet. The Good Samaritan vessel, Big Red, found the man, floating in the water, but still wearing a life jacket. The man, 28-year-old Gurjit Singh, was reported to be […]
