Category: SC

Enjoy National Fishing and Boating Week âââ€ÅÂ

Enjoy National Fishing and Boating Week – June 5 to 13, 2004 Remember the first time someone showed you how to cast a fishing line or remember all those ‘big fish’ tales you heard? Now you can recreate those memories for yourself or someone else during National Fishing and Boating Week, June 5 to 13, […]

NORTH CAROLINA REIMBURSED FOR HURRICANE ISABEL PREPARATIONS

NORTH CAROLINA REIMBURSED FOR HURRICANE ISABEL PREPARATIONS WASHINGTON – North Carolina will receive $1.8 million to help cover costs of emergency preparations for Hurricane Isabel, Senator John Edwards announced Wednesday. “The preparations made by our state ensured that a bad situation didn’t become worse,” Senator Edwards said. “Governor Easley and state emergency workers did a […]

NOAA RELEASES NATIONAL ESTUARIES RESTORATION INVENTORY

NOAA RELEASES NATIONAL ESTUARIES RESTORATION INVENTORY June 7, 2004 — NOAA announced today the initiation of the National Estuaries Restoration Inventory that will track the progress made toward the goals of the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000. The inventory is an online tool to monitor restoration projects implemented around the country and will serve as […]

6-YEAR-OLD FOUND ALIVE AFTER OVER TWO HOURS UNDER CAPSIZED BOAT

6-YEAR-OLD FOUND ALIVE AFTER OVER TWO HOURS UNDER CAPSIZED BOAT Portsmouth, Va. – A six-year-old boy was found alive under a capsized boat near Huntington Park, Newport News, Va. tonight. The boy was found by Newport News Dive Team members in a joint-agency rescue effort involving the Coast Guard, Virginia Marine Resource Commission, Newport News […]

COAST GUARD CUTTER YELLOWFIN SAVES 4 PEOPLE, 2 DOGS

COAST GUARD CUTTER YELLOWFIN SAVES 4 PEOPLE, 2 DOGS CHARLESTON, S.C., May 31 ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a disabled vessel approximately 47 miles east of Charleston, S.C., late Sunday on Memorial Day weekend. The SQUID ROW, a 60-foot vessel (homeported in Charleston)  was experiencing fuel problems and had lost all means propulsion, prompting a call […]

NEW STRATEGY PROPOSED TO REDUCE SHIP COLLISIONS WITH ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC R

NEW STRATEGY PROPOSED TO REDUCE SHIP COLLISIONS WITH ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES June 2, 2004 — NOAA Fisheries today proposed a comprehensive strategy for reducing collisions between ocean-going vessels and highly endangered North Atlantic right whales along the East Coast. The strategy includes measures tailored to vessel traffic patterns, ocean conditions, and right whale […]

1 PERSON HOSPITALIZED, 11 PEOPLE SAVED FOLLOWING THREE RESCUES

1 PERSON HOSPITALIZED, 11 PEOPLE SAVED FOLLOWING THREE RESCUES PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Eleven people were rescued and one man was taken to the hospital as the holiday weekend gets a busy start. “Within 30 minutes we had three cases and 12 people in the water,” said Petty Officer Russell G. Lockey, a Coast Guard search […]

Multi-Service Rescue Effort Saves Three Lives

Multi-Service Rescue Effort Saves Three Lives Atlantic City, N.J. – Coast Guard rescue teams and a Navy ship responded to a vessel taking on water this afternoon approximately 60-miles northeast of Atlantic City. The Texas, a 90-foot Motor Vessel homeported in New Bedford Mass., was transiting to Hati when they began to experience flooding. The […]

NOAA SERVES THE NATION BY IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE CHANGE

NOAA SERVES THE NATION BY IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE CHANGE May 28, 2004 — There has been a great deal of attention given to the important topic of global climate change recently. This, however, is not a new topic for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA is leading the path in gaining a […]

Carolina Beach Inlet Survey 5-28-04

Carolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 5-28-04 You Can Download The Corp File HERE View MY Marked up Image HERE Admin Note-I screwed up when I named the file…It says 42804…This was released 5-28-04  Carolina Beach Inlet Survey Released 5-28-04 You Can Download The Corp File HERE View MY Marked up Image HERE Admin Note-I screwed up when […]