NTSB NAMES PARTIES TO THE INVESTIGATION OF WATER TAXI ACCIDENT IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Washington, D.C. – Immediately following the capsizing of a water-taxi, the Lady D, in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Saturday, March 6, 2004, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners launched a Go Team to the site of the accident to conduct […]
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Sinking of the U.S. Small Passenger Vessel Panther Near Everglades City, Florida December 30, 2002 NTSB/MAR-04/01 This is a synopsis from the Safety Board’s report and does not include the Board’s rationale for the conclusions, probable cause, and safety recommendations. Safety Board staff is currently making final revisions to the report […]
FF-27-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M, Thursday, March 11, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude): SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful […]
FF-26-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, March 11, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial flounder fishery: I. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULE-FLOUNDER North Carolina Fisheries Rules for Coastal Waters 15A NCAC […]
FF-25-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: COMMERCIAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS Preston P. Pate, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Monday, March 8, 2004, the commercial harvest and retention of sharks taken in state waters is restricted as follows: I. COMMERCIAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: Season: A. No person engaged in commercial […]
FF-24-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS Preston P. Pate, Jr. Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, March 8, 2004, the harvest of sharks taken in state waters is restricted as follows: I. COMMERCIAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:A. Seasons: The possession of sharks taken for […]
Bow Mariner oil skimming successful Operations suspended for weekend of bad weather PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Oil skimming was suspended today as bad weather moved toward the site where the tanker T/V BOW MARINER exploded and sank off the Virginia coast Saturday night. Helicopter over-flights showed the oil was mostly in thin sheens on the water, […]
NOAA OBTAINS $10,000 SETTLEMENTFOR DEBRIS DUMPED IN FLORIDA KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY TO ATTRACT LOBSTERS The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has obtained a settlement in the case of two men charged with placing debris into the waters of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to attract lobsters for commercial harvest. “With this […]
FF-25-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: COMMERCIAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS Preston P. Pate, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Monday, March 8, 2004, the commercial harvest and retention of sharks taken in state waters is restricted as follows: I. COMMERCIAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: Season: A. No person engaged in commercial […]
PA-11-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: 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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, March 6, 2004. The following area in […]
