THREE HOISTED TO SAFETY AFTER VESSEL RUNS AGROUND ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– Three recreational boaters were hoisted to safety by the Coast Guard last night after running aground in the Maurice River. New Jersey State Police reported in to the Coast Guard at 7:10 pm yesterday that an 18-foot Regal Bow Rider boat with a family […]
U.S. COAST GUARD ASSISTS IN BAHRAIN SEARCH AND RESCUE MANAMA, Bahrain – The crew of the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell is supporting rescue efforts of a vessel that capsized off the coast here. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet crews responded immediately at approximately 10:15 p.m. Thursday after learning that a vessel capsized […]
Young Outdoor Communicators’ Competition awards presented South Carolina Wildlife Magazine has awarded the winners of the 2005-2006 Young Outdoor Communicators Competition. This year’s topic was “The Importance of Water to Our Daily Lives.” “South Carolina Wildlife magazine has conducted a young writers’ competition for more than twenty years with the purpose of encouraging students to […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES KAYAKERS ON CHARLESTON HARBOR CHARLESTON, S.C. – Two people were rescued today after their kayak capsized approximately one-mile southwest of the Charleston Harbor Marina at about 1:20 p.m. A group of kayakers called rescue coordinators at Sector Charleston to report that John Matucis and Giulio Pertile, both from Cambridge, Mass., had gone […]
COAST GUARD SAVES GROUNDED FISHING VESSEL BOSTON – A Coast Guard Station Point Allerton 47-foot motor life boat crew dewatered and towed the grounded fishing vessel Guardian from Grave’s Light to safety at Boston’s Fish Pier today. Coast Guard Sector Boston received a report that the 71-foot fishing vessel homeported in Boston, with four crewmembers […]
NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE RELEASES NECROPSY REPORTCause of 2005 Marine Mammal Strandings Unclear March 30, 2006  The NOAA Fisheries Service released necropsy results taken from stranded marine mammals off the coast of North Carolina in January 2005. Despite extensive testing, no single cause of the stranding and death of the marine mammals has been identified. […]
Safety Recommendation M-06-5 through -9 The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following safety recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard: Revise regulations to require that passenger capacity for domestic passenger vessels be calculated based on a statistically representative average passenger weight standard that is periodically updated. (M-06-5) Identify a method for determining the maximum safe […]
Notice of Integrated Registration Program NOAA Fisheries Service is increasing the number of fisheries for which the Marine Mammal Authorization Program (MMAP) registration is integrated with existing state and Federal fishery licensing and permitting programs. MMAP registration will be integrated for state fisheries permitted through the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, […]
COAST GUARD TO BEGIN REMOVAL OF BUOYS IN OLD TOPSAIL CREEK, N.C. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Due to heavy shoaling, all of the navigational buoys in Old Topsail Creek are scheduled for removal by the Coast Guard this week. Water depths in this North Carolina inlet have become too shallow and dynamic for Coast Guard buoy […]
South Carolina Monofilament Recycling Program Question: What is monofilament? Answer: Monofilament is fishing line. Monofilament is typically a single strand, strong, flexible plastic that is clear or tinted blue, pink, or green. Question: Why should we recycle monofilament? Answer: Monofilament is harmful to wildlife and a nuisance to boaters. By recycling monofilament we are able […]
