SAFETY BOARD TO HOLD FORUM ON PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICESWashington, D. C. -The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum to discuss mandatory wear of personal flotation devices (PFD) on recreational boats, NTSB Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners has announced. The one-day forum will begin at 9:00 am on August 25, 2004 at the NTSB […]
UPDATE ON NTSB INVESTIGATION OF BALTIMORE WATER TAXI ACCIDENTWashington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board today released the following update of its on-going investigation into the March 6, 2004 “Lady D” water taxi accident in Baltimore, Maryland. The initial on-scene phase of the investigation was completed on Sunday, March 14. Accident ReconstructionBefore the on-scene […]
Comment Period Extended for Scoping on Amendment 2 to the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species and Billfish Fishery Management Plans NOAA Fisheries has published an Issues/Options Paper for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) and is seeking public comment on this document. A copy can be obtained at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms. The comment period has now been extended until […]
Atlantic – Striped Bass in the Exclusive Economic Zone NOAA Fisheries is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in response to an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommendation to remove the moratorium on the harvest of Atlantic striped bass in the EEZ. NOAA Fisheries conducted public meetings, in November and December 2003, to determine […]
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 SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARINE MAMMALS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and scientists from various academic institutions are sponsoring a free national lecture series on marine mammals and human noise. They will hold the third lecture in Santa Cruz, California on June 3rd. […]
TEN STOWAWAYS FOUND ABOARD U.S. BARGE SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A U.S. Coast Guard port security team, assisted by DHS partner agencies Customs & Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), apprehended 10 stowaways from the Dominican Republic aboard the barge Sea Islander in San Juan this afternoon.. Crewmembers on board the […]
Coast Guard medevacs bleeding man 32 miles offshore Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Coast Guard rescue crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., rescued an injured man from his 28-foot fishing vessel, Touche Away, 32 miles east of Mayport, Fla., at 7:30 p.m. David Cox, 45, sent out a mayday call to the Coast Guard at […]
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, 2004. […]
VIOLATION CARRIES HEFTY PRICE TAG FOR MAINE BOATER BOSTON – On May 19 the Coast Guard issued a notice of violation to a Maine boater assessing a $15,000 civil penalty against him for his actions during an incident that occurred Aug. 31, 2003 during the Winter Harbor, Maine Lobster Boat Races. Allan Walls, 44, of […]
