LIGHTERING OPERATIONS BEGIN BALTIMORE – Responders with the Unified Command have launched operations to transfer coal from the cargo ship Montrose to a barge along side it at about 3 p.m. today in the Chesapeake Bay. The 712-foot cargo ship Montrose, carrying 74,215 metric tons of coal, ran aground Wednesday near Sharps Island, Md. A […]
RESPONDERS CONDUCT OPERATIONS TO RE-FLOAT CARGO SHIP MONTROSE BALTIMORE – A Unified Command is scheduled to transfer coal Sunday from the cargo ship Montrose in order to re-float the ship in Chesapeake Bay. The 712-foot cargo ship Montrose, carrying 74,215 metric tons of coal, ran soft aground Wednesday near Sharps Island, Md. The removal process, […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES MARINER WITH BROKEN LEG PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., airlifted an injured crewmember from the motor vessel Barra, 80 miles south of Cape Lookout, N.C., this afternoon. The Coast Guard was notified at approximately 3:45 p.m. today that Manuel Ruiz, a 64-year-old crewmember […]
Unified Command Attampts to Refloat Motor Vessel Montrose BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Baltimore has established a unified command to re-float the Liberian flagged motor vessel Montrose, grounded two-miles North West of Sharp’s Island, in the Chesapeake Bay. The Unified Command is comprised of the Coast Guard, the Maryland Natural […]
NOAA REQUESTS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN PLANS TO END OVERFISHINGSuggestions Will Be Taken at Meeting on Jekyll Island, Ga.The U.S. Congress and President Bush recently directed the nation’s fishery managers to end overfishing by 2010. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will host an open meeting in Georgia to give citizens in the southeastern United States […]
Public Invited to Provide Input on Overfishing Guidelines NOAA Fisheries has opened a scoping period to analyze alternatives for implementing annual catch limits, accountability measures and other provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006. The Act requires fishery management plans to establish a mechanism for setting annual catch limits at […]
TWO RESCUED, ONE REMAINS MISSING OFF BERMUDA PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The search continues for a missing sailor after a Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two men early today about 200 miles east of Bermuda. The 38-foot catamaran the three were sailing from Sables D’Olonne, France, to Annapolis, Md., capsized in rough seas at about 5:30 […]
South Atlantic Council’s Shrimp Review Panel to Meet; Feb 26-27 in Charleston, SC The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Shrimp Review Panel will meet February 26-27, 2007, at the Council offices in Charleston, SC. The meeting is being convened to address the condition of the pink shrimp stock and over-wintering of white shrimp. For more […]
Smart Gear Competition Offers Cash Prizes for Bycatch Solutions The World Wildlife Fund’s International Smart Gear Competition was created to inspire and reward practical, innovative fishing gear designs that reduce bycatch – the accidental catch and related deaths of sea turtles, birds, marine mammals, and other non-target species in fishing gear. The competition is open […]
Efforts Ongoing to Upgrade Recreational Fishing Data Program On February 12, NOAA Fisheries unveiled a strategy to address the most critical questions facing recreational fisheries data collection and analysis, and ultimately to support the management decisions affecting our nation’s fisheries. This Development Plan incorporates key suggestions and concerns expressed by the nearly 100 scientists, managers, […]
