Lubchenco Will Helm U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Oregon State University professor Jane Lubchenco, one of the nation’s most prominent marine biologists, to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Lubchenco, a conservationist who has devoted much of her career to encouraging scientists to become more engaged in public […]
Transportation Worker Identification Credential enrollment deadline draws near BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard urges maritime workers who have not yet applied for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to apply as soon as possible before unescorted access to facilities in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. ports are prohibited. Starting Dec. 30, 2008 port workers must […]
June 11, 2008 Legislation seeks to nullify consent decree and reinstate interim plan on ORV use By IRENE NOLAN U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr and U.S. Rep. Walter Jones introduced legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives that would nullify a consent decree and reinstate the National Park Service’s interim strategy […]
THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SEA HAWK III CAUGHT OVER 200 SPANISH MACKEREL ALONG WITH THE FIRST LARGE 80# BLACK TIP SHARK OF THE SEASON. SUNDAY WENT BOTTOM FISHING AND CAUGHT SOME LARGE KEEPER SEA BASS 8 MILES OFF HOLDEN BEACH AND SPANISH WERE ALL CAUGHT IN 20-35 FT. WATER OFF HOLDEN BEACH ON HALF DAY […]
Coast Guard rescues 7 lost in fog ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A Coast Guard crew rescued seven people who were disoriented in the fog aboard a 22-foot boat Saturday two miles off the coast of Wildwood, N.J. The Coast Guard received a call at 5 p.m. from a passenger aboard the sport fishing boat Addiction reporting their GPS was disabled […]
Coast Guard works with National Park Service to rescue two today. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard and North Carolina National Park Service rescued two people whose boat capsized in the surf off Coquina Beach, near Oregon Inlet, N.C., this morning. Coast Guard watch standers at Station Oregon Inlet received a call from a retired […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES FIVE FROM DAMAGED SAILBOAT PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued five people from the German flagged 43-foot sailboat Born, approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The Coast Guard was initially notified at 6:40 a.m. today by a 406 MHz distress signal from the sailboat. The distress signal was generated […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDING TO VESSEL IN DISTRESS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard C-130, and an HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., are responding to a 406 MHz distress signal from a sailboat approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The vessel is a German flagged 43-foot sailboat with five people onboard. The distress signal […]
Coast Guard Assists Mariners Taking On Water PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue crew from Station Hobucken, N.C., assisted a father and son near the Fairfield Swingbridge after their 32-foot pleasure craft began taking on water this afternoon. Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina were notified by the Wasabe stating that they were […]
"It’s Been a Hell of a Ride" – World War II Coast Guard Veteran Receives Purple Heart (Story By Petty Officer Kip Wadlow) PORTSMOUTH, Va. – People in Selma, N.C., wouldn’t find anything out of the ordinary about a diminutive, elderly gentleman with a gruff voice taking his daily exercise walk along the side of the road. […]
