Saltwater Central is proud to support one of our local fishing tournaments, The Sneads Ferry King Mackerel Tournament (an SKA sanctioned event). Between the outstanding service, great music and hospitality of the people running the event. Overall I would give the experience a 10 out of 10! This event is run by Sneads […]
Watchstanders in the 5th Coast Guard District Command Center in Portsmouth received a report at 7 a.m. that a 73-year-old sailor named Joseph Calland aboard the 39-foot sailboat Nennette is overdue. Coast Guard units from the mid-Atlantic region conducted preliminary searches from Calland’s last-known port call, Beaufort, North Carolina, to his intended […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and its partner agencies rescued a man from the water Friday near North Point State Park. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received a report from Maryland Natural Resources Police at approximately 4 p.m. stating a 25-foot sailing vessel was found south of Pleasure Island on Sparrow’s Point beached with […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued three people from the water in Ocean City Sunday afternoon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Ocean City received a report from Ocean City Beach Patrol stating a person on the north end of the jetty was swept into the inlet by the current. Two members of OCBP jumped in […]
The security zone will remain in place until canceled by the Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Maryland-National Capital Region, Capt. Lonnie P. Harrison. Under the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (33 CFR 165.33), the regulation prohibits any unauthorized person or vessel from entering or remaining in this security zone while it […]
BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and Baltimore City Fire Department personnel medevaced a man from a sailing vessel near the Seagirt Marine Terminal Sunday evening. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received a report from a good Samaritan stating a man was aboard a 30-foot sailing vessel with lacerations after falling overboard and required […]
BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and local partner agency personnel medevaced a man with a neck injury north of Assateague Island Monday morning. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received a report stating a man jumped from his boat into shallow water and sustained a neck injury. The man was taken ashore by other […]
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard helped dewater a yacht that had run aground and was taking on water in the Pasquotank River near Elizabeth City, Sunday. A crew member aboard the 43-foot motor boat Eager Miss contacted Sector North Carolina watchstanders at approximately 4 p.m. to report the vessel carrying six adults and […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard assisted three passengers after their boat ran aground in Mouse Harbor near Hobucken Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received a report around 3 p.m. that a 16-foot pleasure craft with one adult and two children aboard had run aground after taking on water […]
KEY MESSAGE: NOAA Fisheries announces a final rule for hogfish in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf). Hogfish in the Gulf of Mexico will be managed as a single population from the Texas/Mexico border to a line near Cape Sable, Florida A recent population assessment determined that the Gulf hogfish population is not undergoing overfishing (rate […]
