COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO CARGO SHIP AGROUND Corrected Copy BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is responding to a cargo ship that ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay this afternoon. The Mediterranean Shipping Company vessel Japan, a 796-foot Panamanian flagged cargo ship, ran aground near Sandy Point Light approximately one mile north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The initial notification to […]
SLUG LINE BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is responding to a cargo ship that ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay this afternoon. The Mediterranean Shipping Company vessel Japan, a 37,000-ton cargo ship from Panama, ran aground between Sandy Pt. Light and Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Md. after a loss of power at 4:30 p.m. A 25- foot Coast Guard response boat crew […]
LONG-TIME FISHERIES EMPLOYEE HONORED FOR SERVICE MOREHEAD CITY – Mike Street was not expecting what he got when he came to the state Division of Marine Fisheries Monday to clean out his office. He was asked to attend the end of a senior staff meeting, one like he had been to so many […]
SPINY DOGFISH-COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS- ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 30, 2008 the following will apply to the harvest of spiny dogfish in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina. I. SEASON CLOSURE The commercial harvest season for spiny dogfish […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – BEACH SEINES: ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Tuesday, January 29, 2008, the season for the harvest of striped bass with beach seines in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina SHALL OPEN. The following restrictions shall apply: […]
SNAPPER-GROUPER Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 P.M., Sunday, January 27, 2008, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of snapper-grouper from the Atlantic Ocean for recreational and commercial purposes: I. SIZE AND POSSESSION LIMITS A. The size and possession limits of […]
North Carolina Coast Guard Station Responds to Two Rescue Calls Five Miles Apart PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Hobucken, N.C. responded to two MAYDAY calls in the Pamlico Sound within minutes of each other this evening. The first case began at 4:45 p.m. when the Coast Guard received a call for help from the two […]
Coast Guard to Reinstate Trent River Safety Zone NEW BERN, N.C. – Coast Guard Sector North Carolina will reinstate a safety zone on the waters of the Trent River between New Bern and James City, in the vicinity of the U.S. Route 70 Highway Swing Bridge from Jan. 25 until Feb. 28, 2008. This safety zone will remain in effect […]
NOAA Fisheries Announces White Marlin ESA Biological Review Results An assessment of the health of white marlin populations indicate that the species is not in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, nor is it likely to become so in the foreseeable future. NOAA Fisheries’ White Marlin Biological Review Team […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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, Thursday, January 24, 2008. Lockwoods Folly River in Brunswick County […]
