COAST GUARD SAVES THREE FROM SEA BOSTON – The Coast Guard rescued three Maine fishermen today near midnight after their boat sank 55 miles southeast of Portland, Maine. The Coast Guard received a distress signal from the 44-foot Celtic Pride’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, followed by a mayday from the crew of the Portland […]
CUTTER RETURNS FROM TWO-MONTH COUNTER DRUG PATROL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return Thursday to Integrated Support Command, Portsmouth at 10 a.m. after completing an eight-week patrol in the Caribbean conducting anti-terrorism operations under Joint Interagency Task Force South. Bear’s crew has spent four of the last five months conducting […]
MMS to Hold Public Hearing A federal agency developing a plan for oil and natural gas drilling off Florida’s shores has agreed to hold a public hearing in Tallahassee next month. The Minerals Management Service, part of the Interior Department, last week began holding a series of 13 meetings on its next five-year Outer Continental […]
COAST GUARD WORKS TO REMOVE WEDGED BARGE FROM MD BRIDGE BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is working with the Maryland State Police and Highway Administration to coordinate removing a 100-foot barge from under the Route 50 bridge near Annapolis, Md. The Coast Guard received notification at about 11:15 today of an unmanned barge drifting towards […]
COAST GUARD MEMBERS TO BE AWARDED FOR KATRINA SERVICE Elizabeth City, N.C. – Eighty members from the Coast Guard air station here will receive awards Wednesday at 3 p.m. for their actions during the Hurricane Katrina rescue response. RADM Larry Hereth, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, will officiate the ceremony where pilots, rescue […]
U.S. ICCAT Advisory Committee to Meet; Mar 27-28 in Silver Spring, MD The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet with its Species Working Group technical advisors on March 27-28. The Committee will discuss the outcome of the 2005 ICCAT meeting; U.S. implementation […]
Southeast Region Ecosystem Conference; Mar 19-21 in Wilmington, NC The Coastal Conference on Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Management in the Southeast Region will be held March 19-21, 2006 in Wilmington, NC. The objectives of this conference are to define coastal problems in the Southeast, examine best practices, identify the most critical issues, and reach consensus on […]
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Recommendations Now Posted Online Recommendations from the February 2006 meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) regarding Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization and the National Offshore Aquaculture bill are now posted online. The Committee supported key elements of the Administration’s proposal to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including an emphasis on frontloading the […]
Coast Guard, FEMA to Help Raise Ships Boats and vessels sunk by Hurricane Katrina soon will be removed by the Coast Guard in 10 St. Tammany Parish waterways, according to Parish President Kevin Davis. The project by the Coast Guard will begin before the end of the month, he said, and will be limited to […]
Navy-Coast Guard National Fleet Policy Updated Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Thomas H. Collins jointly approved a new National Fleet policy statement in early March aimed at strengthening Navy-Coast Guard cooperation and tailored operational integration of each service’s multimission platforms, infrastructure and personnel. Building on more […]
