4 BODIES LOCATED, 3 RECOVERED; SEARCH TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. Coast Guard crew has recovered three bodies in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 60 miles south of Galveston, Texas. A fourth body was located but was unable to be safely recovered due to the heavy sea conditions. The Coast Guard Cutter […]
Rescue efforts for endangered right whale, Kingfisher, continue JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin, homeported in Charleston, S.C., returned to Georgetown, S.C., this evening with a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) personnel after a day at sea trying to untangle the lines around the endangered […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES $408,363 FOR SOUTHEAST FISHERY HABITAT RESTORATIONProjects in Florida, North Carolina & South Carolina The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced awards totaling $408,363 for four local organizations in the southeastern United States to facilitate restoration of coastal and marine habitat critical to fishery resources. The projects are funded by the Community-based Restoration […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES $114,188 TO HELP RESTORE FISHERY HABITAT IN STUMP SOUND, N.C. The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $114,188 to the North Carolina Coastal Federation for a community-based project to restore fishery habitat in Stump Sound, Onslow County, N.C. The project is funded by the Community-based Restoration Program within the […]
NOAA ASSEMBLES RESCUE TEAM TO SEDATE WHALE, CUT LINE Endangered Right Whale Still Within Reach of Medical Help March 23, 2004  Veterinarians and whale experts from NOAA Fisheries are coordinating a rescue team that will attempt an at-sea removal of entangled ropes and buoys from a moving endangered North Atlantic right whale currently off […]
Coast Guard, NOAA, CCS make second attempt to free endangered whale CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard, NOAA Fisheries and Center for Coastals Studies will again combine forces and resources in a second attempt to disentangle a juvenile North Atlantic right whale caught in fishing line and presently off the coast of Charleston. The crew of […]
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS March 16, 2004 NC – MYRTLE GROVE SOUND TO CASINO CREEK – SHALLOTTE INLET – SHOALING There has been a report of shoaling in Shallotte Inlet in the vicinity of Shallotte Inlet Buoy 10 (LLNR 31090) to an approximate depth of 5 feet MLW. Mariners […]
FDA and EPA Announce the Revised Consumer Advisory on Methylmercury in FishWASHINGTON, March 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today their joint consumer advisory on methylmercury in fish and shellfish for reducing the exposure to high levels of mercury in women who may become […]
North Atlantic Right Whales and Ship Strikes off the U.S. East Coast Problem: NOAA Fisheries has confirmed some 292 ship strikes on large whales (1975 to 2002), including 38 on North Atlantic right whales. These whales seem particularly susceptible, since they swim slowly, spend considerable time at the surface, and apparently take little or no […]
US Tanker NAECO See Today in History at the Bottom of the page. SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS MINIMUM RADIUS OF 300M IS REQUIRED ABOUT THE TWO POSITIONS ìPROVIDED IN F00149WD BELOW. HISTORY F00052WD/43-44–NAECO (BOW), SUB WRECK REPORTED WITH 87FT LD, IN ì125FT OF WATER, POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 34/00/42N, LONG 76/39/36W (NAD27). NM36/45(4193A)–9/8/45; WRECK WITH […]
