GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA

M- 7-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, May 10, 2004, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA: I. AREA DEION The Albemarle Sound Management […]

Carolina Beach Inlet

Carolina Beach Inlet There have been SEVERAL boats grounded in Carolina Beach Inlet as of late.  I guess they did not check out the PDF files availible here from the Corps.  WELL…just to make sure that you folks are not one of the ones grounded…I painted up this survey from the Corps. View FULL SIZE image […]

GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA

M- 7-2004PROCLAMATIONRE: GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, May 10, 2004, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA:I. AREA DEIONThe Albemarle Sound Management Area as described in Marine […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

PA-35-2004PROCLAMATIONRE: 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 change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Friday, May 7, 2004.All those waters in Carteret and Onslow […]

America’s Tall Ship sails into Savannah

America’s Tall Ship sails into Savannah JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard Barque Eagle, commonly called “America’s Tall Ship,” will sail into Savannah, Ga.’s River Front Park for the first time since 2001 Friday at 1:30 p.m. and will remain in Savannah through the weekend. The Eagle will be open for public tours Saturday 12 […]

JOINT AGENCIES PLAN TO MOVE AND STABILIZE BARGE

JOINT AGENCIES PLAN TO MOVE AND STABILIZE BARGE BATON ROUGE, La. – The U.S. Coast Guard, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana State Police are jointly coordinating the movement of the tank barge FT22 thought to be involved in last week’s rotten egg odor incident. To ensure public safety, the authorities have been monitoring […]

CG Preparing for July 1 Maritime Security Deadline

CG Preparing for July 1 Maritime Security Deadline The U.S. Coast Guard is rapidly preparing for a July 1 deadline that will see vast changes to the security climate in ports, port facilities and vessels around the world. A new international code and U.S. law requires vessels and facilities implement security measures designed to protect […]

THREE FROM NOAA RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION AT WHITE HOUSE

THREE FROM NOAA RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION AT WHITE HOUSE May 6, 2004 — Three members of the NOAA team today received 2003 Distinguished Presidential Rank Awards at a White House ceremony. The award is the most prestigious recognition given to career government senior executives and scientists. Each year, one percent of the federal government work […]

COAST GUARD CUTTER JAMES RANKIN MARKS HISTORICAL SITE

COAST GUARD CUTTER JAMES RANKIN MARKS HISTORICAL SITE BALTIMORE, Md. – The Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin is scheduled to set the historic “Francis Scott Key” buoy off of Fort McHenry, Md., near the Key Bridge Friday. The buoy marks the spot where the ship carrying Francis Scott Key, the author of the Star Spangled […]

HAMPSTEAD FISHERMAN IS REPEAT OFFENDER

HAMPSTEAD FISHERMAN IS REPEAT OFFENDER MOREHEAD CITY – A Pender County man has been charged for the third time this year with violating fisheries regulations. At approximately 1 a.m. on Wednesday, May 5, the North Carolina Marine Patrol arrested Robert Carol Jones, Jr., 30, of 746 Lea Drive, in Hampstead, for taking crabs from someone […]