2005 Got-Em-On Results Prize $ Placed Wt Boat Name Angler City/State 22,500 1 37.9 Capt’n Hook David Hooks, Jr Ocean Isle Beach, NC 9,000 2 33.8 Much 2 Reel Brian Cheshire Wrightsville Beach, NC 4,500 3 33.6 Hot Rod Brett A Barnes Wilmington, NC 1,800 4 32.6 Brief Relief Gardner Lee Welty Wilmington, NC […]
MAN RESCUED FROM THE WATER AFTER 11 HOURS AT SEA INDIAN RIVER, Del. – Greg Ryan is fortunate to be alive today after spending the night treading water in the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Ryan fell overboard from the sport fishing vessel Hangin’ Loose at about 11 p.m. Friday night, while en route to offshore fishing […]
U.S. Coast Guard and fishing legend Bill Dance join to promote boating safety WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that it is joining with Mr. Bill Dance, the star of the Outdoor Life Network’s Bill Dance Outdoors to target two of the highest at-risk groups for boating fatalities: hunters and anglers. Dance’s 30 […]
NOAA Fisheries Proposes Improved Guidelines for Fishery Management Decisions – Public Comment Period OpenNew Guidelines Address National Standard One of Magnuson-Stevens ActNOAA Fisheries Service today proposed improved guidelines to help fishery managers implement National Standard One of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. National Standard One requires fishery managers to prevent overfishing and rebuild […]
Wildlife Agencies to Initiate Status Review of the American Eel The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in coordination with the National Marine Fisheries Service has completed its evaluation of the petition to list the American eel as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act and determined that substantial biological information exists to warrant […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 06/24/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The Coastwide General Category has landed 3.3 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category: 5.5 mt out of 90.0 mt to date. Longline North: 3.6 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline South: […]
4 RESCUED FROM CAPSIZED VESSEL SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – Early this afternoon, the Coast Guard and a good samaritan rescued three females and one male, out of Port Mansfield Channel in the Laguna Madre. According to initial reports, the four had been fishing when the boat began to take on water from the stern […]
FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAVED, GRANDFATHER DIES PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A four-year-old girl was rescued after becoming separated from her family while swimming with her grandfather, who was later found deceased, near their 40-foot sailboat in Herring Bay, Md., Tuesday evening. The girl’s grandmother called the Coast Guard about 7:10 p.m. after she received a cell phone […]
NOAA CONFIRMS 28th RIGHT WHALE MOTHER-CALF PAIRGood News for Critically Endangered Species July 1, 2005  NOAA Fisheries Service biologists have confirmed the year’s 28th unique sighting of a North Atlantic right whale mother-calf pair, making this one of the best calving years on record for these rare and endangered animals. In recent days, NOAA […]
NOAA AWARDS $54,834 FOR GEORGIA OYSTER HABITAT RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $54,834 to the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service for a community-based project to restore oyster habitat in estuaries throughout coastal Georgia. The project is funded by the Community-based Restoration Program within NOAA Fisheries Service and the NOAA Coastal Services […]
