BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and two good Samaritan boaters recovered three people from the water after their boat capsized near Indian River Inlet Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a distress call via VHF-FM radio channel 16 from boaters aboard a 23-foot boat. Sector Delaware Bay issued an urgent marine information […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is scheduled to establish a temporary regulated area Thursday through Sunday off Ocean City for an annual air show. The regulated area will be in effect from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The regulated area will be from Talbot Street to 33rd Street, extending out approximately 500 yards […]
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will launch a mission to recover a voyage data recorder located April 26 in about 15,000 feet of water near the Bahamas. The voyage data recorder is from the cargo ship El Faro, a U.S. flagged cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin Oct. 1, 2015. The El […]
A fuel drum floats in the Atlantic Ocean, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Eleven drums of fuel went into the water and six have been recovered after a 40-foot cabin cruiser with three people aboard began taking on water. PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard rescued three people Wednesday after the boat they were on began taking […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard, local partner agencies and a good Samaritan responded Wednesday to a mayday call from a boat that sank with 22 people aboard near Bloodsworth Island. Responding agencies included Maryland Natural Resources Police, Maryland State Police, Dorchester County EMS and Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National […]
Fishing and seafood industries a strong part of U.S. coastal economy Commercial and recreational saltwater fishing in the United States generated more than $214 billion in sales and supported 1.83 million jobs in 2014, according to a new economic report released by NOAA Fisheries today. The report, Fisheries Economics of the United States 2014, provides […]
New Gretna, NJ – The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) is encouraging all anglers to attend the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) meeting scheduled for 9:30am on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016. The meeting will be held in the Marine Square Building, 2600 Washington Avenue, 4th Floor, Newport News, VA 23607. Of greatest interest to recreational fishermen […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday after the boat they were on began taking on water five miles east of Sea Isle City, New Jersey. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders received notification Sunday at approximately 4:20 p.m. that the 32-foot sailboat Island Time with two people aboard was taking on water. […]
Coast Guard, local agencies search for man near Trenton boat ramp PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard, Trenton Fire Dept. and New Jersey State Police Dept. are searching Saturday for a missing jet skier near the Trenton boat ramp. Missing is Jesus Diaz Melendez, 26, of Trenton, New Jersey. The crew of the vessel A.J. Meerwald […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman Sunday off South Jersey. The 63-year-old man fell ill and was in need of medical attention while aboard a scallop boat 60 miles southeast of Atlantic City. A crewmember from the 90-foot fishing vessel Linda, homeported in New Bedford, Mass., called watchstanders at Coast Guard […]
