2016 RHODE ISLAND COMMERCIAL GENERAL CATEGORY STRIPED BASS SEASON OPENS SUNDAY, MAY 29TH, 2016 The 2016 RI commercial general category striped bass season opens this Sunday, May 29th, 2016, with the fishery being closed on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the season. The 2016 RI commercial striped bass tags are available at the Department of […]
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is warning mariners to take caution over the next 48 hours due to a powerful storm impacting the New England coastline and offshore area. The National Weather Service is estimating wind gusts as strong as 60 knots and waves as large as 26 feet in some areas. Coast Guard aircraft […]
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane towed the 95-foot fishing vessel Megan Marie after it became disabled Saturday about 200 miles southeast of Cape Cod. Watchstanders at the First Coast Guard District Command Center received notification at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday that the Megan Marie, homeported out of New Bedford, had […]
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is urging anyone with information about illegal fishing operations to contact a confidential hotline at 1 (844) 847-2431. A healthy, and sustainable marine environment is an indispensable part of the economy in the northeast. The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, enforces marine resource management and protection laws to preserve healthy […]
AGENCY: Department of Marine Resources CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Chapter 45.05 Shrimp Season Closure – Proposed Regulations PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: (Leave blank – Assigned by Secretary of State) CONCISE SUMMARY: On December 7, 2015, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Northern Shrimp Section approved a moratorium for the 2015-2016 shrimp fishery. This action […]
(H.R. 1987) to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. SEC. 302. SURVIVAL CRAFT. Mr. Shuster, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, submitted the following R […]
DURHAM, N.H. — The State of New Hampshire has been notified by the National Marine Fisheries Service of vacancies for New Hampshire’s obligatory seat and two at-large seats for the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC). New Hampshire’s obligatory seat is currently held by Ellen Goethel of New Hampshire, who is completing her first term […]
BOSTON — Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is scheduled to host an award ceremony Friday at 10 a.m. where two crewmembers will be recognized with two of military aviation’s most prestigious awards for their heroic actions during a lifesaving rescue mission south of Nantucket in February 2015. Who: Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod […]
BOSTON – The Coast Guard, partner agencies, and a good Samaritan teamed up to respond to three separate Southeastern New England maritime emergencies since Thursday evening. "Since last night, the command center’s four person watch team utilized our technology and partnerships with local agencies to expertly execute three separate search and rescue cases, saving five […]
BOSTON —With local temperatures edging toward single digits, and reports of initial ice forming throughout New England the Coast Guard’s winter icebreaking season has kicked off in the Northeast. The season officially started Dec. 15 and runs through March. During the Coast Guard’s 2015-2016 winter ice breaking season, known as Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast […]
