N.C. RESCUE SWIMMER NAMED ENLISTED PERSON OF YEAR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Aviation Survival Technician 1st Class Mario Vittone, of Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., has been selected as the Coast Guard’s 2006 Enlisted Person of the Year. Vittone is cited for skillful execution and commitment to the Coast Guard’s core values of honor, respect and devotion to […]
COAST GUARD MEDEVACS 91-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM CRUISE SHIP PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard crew medevaced a 91-year-old woman from a cruise ship about 275 miles east of Bermuda today. The Voyager of the Seas notified the Coast Guard that the woman was experiencing chest pains at about 4 a.m. After discussions between the ship […]
COAST GUARD, N.C. WORKERS TO TRAIN FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard hazardous materials experts will be training North Carolina state ferry operators and North Carolina Coast Guard members in the use of specialized oil-skimming equipment Tuesday and Wednesday in Atlantic Beach, N.C. The purpose of the training is to ensure that […]
CUTTER CREW TO RETURN HOME AFTER CARIBBEAN MISSION ELM SET NOAA HURRICANE DETECTION BUOYS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elm will return to Ft. Macon, N.C., tonight after a 42-day deployment in the Caribbean where they set hurricane-detection buoys to improve forecasting. The crew placed two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoys off Puerto […]
COAST GUARD TOWING DISTRESSED VESSEL ASHORE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard responded and rescued the crew of a distressed sail boat off the coast of North Carolina today. The Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island, a 110-foot patrol boat home ported in Fort Macon, N.C., rescued four people from the 45-foot sailboat Sur L’ Eau this morning approximately 300 […]
RIVER ACCIDENT LEAVES 1 DEAD, 1 INJURED; MULTIPLE AGENCIES RESPOND ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Authorities recovered the body of a construction worker this evening after a multi-agency search in the Manasquan River near Brielle, N.J. The body of the man, whose name is unknown at this time, was recovered when the capsized barge on which […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE FROM SINKING CATAMARAN PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Three people were safely rescued from a sinking catamaran off the coast of North Carolina Tuesday afternoon. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued three people from a 35-foot catamaran approximately 290-miles east of Elizabeth City after the boat sustained a three-foot gash […]
South Atlantic Council’s Rock Shrimp and Golden Crab Advisory Panels to Meet; May 1-3 in Charleston, SC The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Rock Shrimp Advisory Panel and Golden Crab Advisory Panel, at the Town and Country Inn in Charleston, SC, on May 1-3, 2007. A detailed agenda is […]
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AWARDS NINE STATE BOATING INFRASTRUCTUREGRANTSInterior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today that more than $9.5million has been awarded to nine states through the competitive BoatingInfrastructure Grants (BIG) program. The grants are made available tostate agencies and partners to build and maintain facilities forrecreational boaters.“The BIG program works with partners to improve […]
STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $600 MILLION FOR SPORT FISHAND WILDLIFE RESTORATIONInterior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today that morethan $600 million will be distributed to 56 state and territorial wildlifeagencies to fund conservation efforts, shooting ranges and huntereducation. This funding results from an excise tax paid by firearm,ammunition, archery and angling equipment […]
