Drivers for Team Coast Guard Racing

Your Tax dollars at Work? DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 11 — Terry, Bobby and Justin Labonte, the 2004 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Drivers for Team Coast Guard Racing, poses next to their Coast Guard sponsored NASCAR. Today in the Infield Media Center at Daytona International Speedway, Rear Adm. Ken Venuto, the Coast Guard’s assistant […]

ASMFC March 2004 Meeting Week

ASMFC March 2004 Meeting WeekMarch 8 – 11, 2004 Radisson Hotel, Old Town Alexandria901 N. FairfaxAlexandria, VA 22314(703) 683-6000 PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE(This is only a preliminary schedule and you should anticipate there may be changes) Monday, March 8 10:00 AM – Noon Atlantic Herring Section Review Public Comment Provide Direction on the Development of Draft Amendment […]

The Sinking of uninspected fishing vessel Miss Penelope

The Sinking of uninspected fishing vessel Miss Penelope About 1530, January 26, 1998, the Miss Penelope departed Newport, Rhode Island, for commercial fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Montauk, New York. The crew comprised the master, a mate, and two deckhands. At the time of departure, the master had received a National Weather Service […]

CG ASSISTS OTHER AGENCIES TO RECOVER DEAD RIGHT WHALE

CG ASSISTS OTHER AGENCIES TO RECOVER DEAD RIGHT WHALE CAPE HATTERAS, N. C. – The Coast Guard, accompanied by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), towed a dead right whale to shore today. The whale was towed to the beach at the Pea Island National Refuge where it was turned over to the Center […]

Sinking of the Recreational Sailing Vessel Morning Dew

SINKING OF THE RECREATIONAL SAILING VESSEL MORNING DEW  I am sure MOST of you remember the Story, here is the “Official Report” Get it HERESINKING OF THE RECREATIONAL SAILING VESSEL MORNING DEW  I am sure MOST of you remember the Story, here is the “Official Report” Get it HERE

Iraqi Freedom Resupply Ships

Iraqi Freedom Resupply Ships Load at Port of Wilmington, North Carolina As the resupply of U.S. troops and equipment in Iraq gets underway, the U.S. Maritime Administration is providing ships from its Ready Reserve Force to help in the operation. As many as 24 ships in the fleet will be called to duty by the […]

Oregon Inlet Survey Released

Oregon Inlet Survey Released A new Survey was released by The Corp of Engineers Get the ZIP file HERE Contains both the MAP and the TEXT centerline dataOregon Inlet Survey Released A new Survey was released by The Corp of Engineers Get the ZIP file HERE Contains both the MAP and the TEXT centerline data

F/V Adriatic. Sinking, 18 January 1999, loss of four lives, no survivors

F/V Adriatic. Sinking, 18 January 1999, loss of four lives, no survivors. On 18 January 1999, Coast Guard Station Atlantic City, NJ received a call from a worker at Barney’s Dock in Atlantic City reporting F/V Adriatic was overdue from a fishing trip. Two Coast Guard HH-65A Dolphin helicopters from Air Station Atlantic City and […]

OIL SPILL ON NEW JERSEY SHORE – UPDATE #1

OIL SPILL ON NEW JERSEY SHORE – UPDATE #1 BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. – Working well into the night under the illumination of flood lights and in foul weather gear, pollution contractor crews were able to continue the cleanup of an unidentified source of heavy oil last night that washed up on shore Tuesday between Shark […]

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS

USCG Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS February 03, 2004 Download it HERE INTENTIONAL ENCOUNTERS WITH WHALES PROHIBITEDFrom late fall to early spring, various species of whales, including the severely endangered right whale, may be encountered in the local offshore and inshore waters. Vessel operators are reminded to use caution around whales. Vessels […]