COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CREW RESCUES FAMILY OF SIX NEAR FRIPP ISLAND CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Facility Charleston rescued six people off of a small pleasure craft that had run aground in the marshes near Fripp Island this evening. Jim, Robert, Jennifer, Jamie, Hutch and Davis Roper, residence unknown, became […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE BOATERS OFF LONGBOAT KEY CORTEZ, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued three people tonight after their 12-foot Hobie Cat capsized four and a half miles off Longboat Key.William Klhpan, 52, his wife Cynthia, 49, and their 18-year old son, William, Jr., from Indian Hills Trails, Ky., borrowed the boat from the […]
COAST GUARD ESCORTS FISHING VESSEL MARY ANN TO SAFETY BOSTON – A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Chatham successfully escorted the Gloucester, Mass.-based 62-foot fishing vessel Mary Ann into Hyannis harbor, Mass. at 9:30 a.m. today. No one was injured. All crewmembers were wearing cold-water immersion suits. Once safely moored in Hyannis harbor, […]
General Category Re-opens January 2 – 4, 2005, and transfers BFT Quota NOAA Fisheries has determined to reopen the coastwide General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery for the time period of 12:30 a.m. January 2 through 11:30 p.m. January 4, 2005, inclusive. NOAA Fisheries has also determined that a quota transfer from the Atlantic […]
COAST GUARD LOCATES THREE MISSING SINCE CHRISTMAS MIAMI – The three fishermen missing since Christmas day from a recreational fishing trip have been located by Coast Guard crews who have been searching from Homestead to northern Palm Beach County for the past two days. A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., […]
SELENDANG AYU bow section ANCHORAGE, Alaska-The most recent weather front caused significant degradation of the SELENDANG AYU bow section. Today’s over flight showed the bow was almost completely submerged and listing at a sharp angle, as compared to just two days ago when the bow was low in the water but upright. Only a light […]
General Category Season Update to be Posted on December 30 An update regarding the bluefin tuna General category fishery season will be posted by 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 30. This update will also be available on the following automated information lines under the commercial fishery option: 978/281-9260 or toll free 1-888-872-8862. General Category Season […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE AFTER RUDDER IS LOSTPORTSMOUTH – A Coast Guard crew rescued three people this afternoon after their 46-foot sloop lost its rudder in six- to eight-foot seas 30 miles off Duck, N.C. Controllers at Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras received a distress call from Jarvis Fox, 63, over VHF radio reporting the […]
NOAA AND PARTNERS DISCOVER LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE ‘CHAMPAGNE’ BUBBLES AT HYDROTHERMAL VENT What first appeared to be effervescent bubbles, like those in champagne, rising from a hydrothermal vent area in the northern Mariana Arc of the Pacific Ocean turned out to be liquid carbon dioxide. This is only the second location where the phenomenon has […]
U.S. Ocean Action Plan Issued by the White House The White House has issued a U.S. Ocean Action Plan, which contains the details of the Administration’s response to the report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. Subjects covered in the U.S. Action Plan include: Enhancing Ocean Leadership and Coordination; Advancing our Understanding of Oceans, […]
