Guard Cutter Tampa battles heavy seas The 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Tampa battles heavy seas while en route to the sailboat Flying Colours search area May 8, 2007. The Coast Guard rescued nine people from three sailboats off North Carolina Monday. A C-130 airplane crew is searching a 100-square-mile area for the Flying Colours and its four-person crew. U.S. Coast Guard photo […]
CREWS STILL SEARCHING FOR 4 SAILORS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard continues to search this afternoon for the four sailors on the 54-foot Flying Colours, missing off the coast of North Carolina.Missing are Patrick Topping, 39, the master of the ship; Jason Franks, 34; Rhiannon Borisoff, 22; and Christine Grinavic. Topping and Franks are […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES 9, SEARCH FOR 4 MORE CONTINUES PORTSMOUTH, Va. – After rescuing nine people Monday, Coast Guard crews continue to search today for a sailboat with four people on board.Coast Guard crews have scoured about 5,440 nautical miles since Monday in the search for the sailboat Flying Colours. This is one of four rescue cases […]
U.S. Coast Guard Considering Changes to the Broadcast of Marine Weather Forecasts and Warnings The U.S. Coast Guard is requesting public comment on the need to continue providing high frequency radio broadcasts of weather forecasts and warnings. These comments will help the Coast Guard to assess the demand for the high frequency radio broadcasts of […]
Commercial Shark Quotas Set for Remainder of 2007 Season A new final rule establishes the 2007 second and third trimester seasons’ commercial quotas for large coastal sharks, small coastal sharks, and pelagic sharks. Adjustments are based on overharvests or underharvests from the 2006 second and third trimester seasons. In addition, this rule finalizes the opening […]
COAST GUARD SAVES NINE LIVES FROM HEAVY WEATHER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued nine people today from three sailboats off the coast of North Carolina. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew based out of Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., landed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point with the latest survivors, who were […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES SIX; ASSISTING THREE MORE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard has rescued six people from two distressed sailboats off the coast of North Carolina, and is responding to three more people in need.A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew based out of Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is en route to sailors aboard the […]
4th Annual Fisherman’s Post Newspaper Spring Inshore Challenge The 4th annual Fisherman’s Post Newspaper Spring Inshore Challenge is expecting over 100 boats to participate this year in search of prize-winning flounder and trout, but the big winner at the tournament’s end may be the health of the local fishery. The tournament offers big […]
COAST GUARD HOISTS TWO TO SAFETY PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two fishermen today after they ran their boat hard aground just south of the jetties leading into Oregon Inlet, N.C. Search and rescue coordinators at Sector North Carolina received the fishermen’s distress call at about 12:20 p.m. The Esther Gail, a 38-foot […]
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AWARDS $13.2 MILLION IN CLEAN VESSEL ACT GRANTSU.S. Fish and Service Director H. Dale Hall today announced that 28 stateswill receive more than $13.2 million in Clean Vessel Act (CVA) grants, madeavailable to state agencies and partners to construct and operatefacilities for sewage disposal for recreational boaters.“As an avid outdoorsman, […]
