COAST GUARD, GOOD SAMIRITANS RESCUE FISHERMAN FROM SUNKEN VESSEL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard crews and good Samaritans assisted with the rescue of two North Carolina fishermen in the Pamlico Sound off the coast of North Carolina Monday night. A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Oregon Inlet, N.C., and an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air […]
Caro-COOPS ocean buoys We regret that because of current NOAA budget cuts and probable additional cuts, we will be removing the following three Caro-COOPS ocean buoys during the next scheduled servicing cruise in April. Station FRP2 – Fripp Nearshore (NDBC No. 41033). Station CAP3 – Capers Mid-Shelf (NDBC No. 41030). Station SUN3 – Sunset Mid-Shelf […]
Workshops Scheduled on Gag and Red Grouper Assessments; Mar 19-22 and May 8-10 Stock assessments of Gulf of Mexico gag grouper, South Atlantic gag grouper, and Gulf of Mexico red grouper will receive additional scientific scrutiny through two supplemental workshops. An evaluation workshop will take place March 19 – 22, 2007 at the Southeast Fisheries […]
Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico- Commercial Shark Quotas Set for the Remainder of 2007 This proposed rule would establish the 2007 second and third trimester season quotas for large coastal sharks, small coastal sharks, and pelagic sharks based on over-or underharvests from the 2006 second and third trimester seasons. In addition, this rule proposes […]
JOINT-AGENCY EFFORT RESCUES CHILD, 2 ADULTS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two adults and a child were plucked from a sandbar off Cedar Island, N.C., today as the tide rose past their ankles. A passerby on a johnboat called Carteret County 911 at about 12:30 p.m. to report a family stranded on a sandbar in Drum Inlet […]
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MAN RESCUED AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN PAMLICO SOUND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued a commercial fisherman after his boat capsized in the Pamlico Sound near Clam Shoal this morning.Communications watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C., received a distress call from the man at about 8 a.m. They used direction finding equipment […]
TWO N.C. COAST GUARDSMEN CHOSEN AS ENLISTED PERSONS OF THE YEAR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two North Carolina petty officers were selected Wednesday as the Fifth Coast Guard District’s 2006 Enlisted Persons of the Year. Aviation Survival Technician 1st Class Mario Vittone, of Air Station Elizabeth City, and Reservist Yeoman 1st Class Abigail Scrocco, of Marine […]
OPERATIONS HALT, MONTROSE REMAINS AGROUND BALTIMORE – Responders to the grounded cargo ship Montrose stopped offloading coal at about 7 p.m. Monday as weather conditions worsened in the Chesapeake Bay. “The strong winds and increased seas resulted in suspension of the cargo off-loading activities. As safety is our primary focus, we will stand down until […]
OPERATIONS UNDERWAY TO RE-FLOAT MONTROSE BALTIMORE – Operations are underway in an effort to re-float the 712-foot Liberian flagged cargo ship Montrose currently aground in the Chesapeake Bay, west of the Choptank River. Crews under the direction of the Unified Command began the process known as “lightering” Sunday afternoon at approximately 3 p.m. Since then, […]
