HURRICANE SEASON PREPAREDNESS KICK-OFF PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach will demonstrate the use of Coastal Warning Display flags to warn mariners of approaching storm conditions at 10:30 a.m. Friday, the first day of hurricane season. Members of the media are invited to attend and should arrive at the station no later than 10:15 […]
Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limits The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) adjusts the daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limits for the commercial Atlantic tunas General category and the recreational Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling and HMS Charter/Headboat categories for the early portion of the 2007 fishing year. Please see the attached notice for […]
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING SWIMMER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps and National Park Service searched this weekend for a swimmer believed to be swept away off the coast of Ocracoke Island, N.C.Coast Guard Stations Hatteras Inlet and Ocracoke, N.C., helicopter crews from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and Marine Corps […]
COAST GUARD CREWS FROM 2 STATIONS OFFSHORE OF OCEAN CITY, N.J. – Coast Guard and commercial salvage crews de-water a 27-foot pleasure craft Sunday, May 27, 2007. The Coast Guard received a call for assistance from four people aboard the vessel, taking on water about five nautical miles east of Ocean City at 11:23 a.m. […]
COAST GUARD STATION OREGON INLET ASSISTS SICK FISHERMAN PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Oregon Inlet, N.C., rescued a fisherman reportedly suffering from an allergic reaction approximately 16 miles off the coast of North Carolina today. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina was notified at 6:30 a.m., by the crew of the fishing vessel Livewire that a crewmember was […]
PERMITS FOR 2007 ARE NOW AVAILABLE This notice outlines the procedure for obtaining a 2007/2008 Atlantic Tunas Permit, which allows you to commercially fish for and/or retain Atlantic Bluefin, Yellowfin, Skipjack, Albacore, and Bigeye tunas; an Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling Permit, which allows you to recreationally fish for and or retain any regulated […]
NMFS Proposes Initial Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a proposed rule to set initial 2007 fishing year quotas for the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery and effort controls. Based on the 2006 quota recommended for the United States by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas (ICCAT), […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES MAN IN ALBEMARLE SOUND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew based in Elizabeth City, N.C., responded to a report of an aground vessel with an injured boater in the Albemarle Sound today. The crew arrived on scene and hoisted a 54-year old man suffering from a concussion sustained […]
Assessments Scheduled for South Atlantic Amberjack and Red Snapper NOAA Fisheries has scheduled Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) workshops for the South Atlantic stocks of greater amberjack and red snapper. These assessments will consist of a series of three workshops: a Data Workshop, an Assessment Workshop, and a Review Workshop. For more information, read […]
NOAA Predicts Above Normal Hurricane Season in 2007 Experts at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center are projecting a 75 percent chance that the Atlantic Hurricane Season will be above normal this year  showing the ongoing active hurricane era remains strong. For the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA scientists predict 13 to 17 named storms, […]
