DISESTABLISHMENT CEREMONY SET FOR USCG GROUP CAPE HATTERAS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A ceremony to disestablish Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras is scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m. at the Dare County Fessenden Center, followed by the dedication of the John Homan Ball Field. Speakers for the ceremony will be Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O’Hara, Commander Fifth […]
NTSB TO RELEASE FACTUAL REPORTS ON TAKI-TOOO CAPSIZING IN OREGONWASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of its continuing investigation into the capsizing of the small passenger charter fishing vessel Taki-Tooo in the Pacific Ocean near the entrance to Tillamook Bay, Oregon, the National Transportation Safety Board will open a public docket and release a series of […]
COAST GUARD UNVEILS NEWEST ASSET FOR MISSIONS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-2), Chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sub-Committee, Vice Adm. Vivien S. Crea, Commander, Atlantic Area and Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic, Rear Adm. Sally Brice O’Hara, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District and Dale P. Bennett, President, Integrated Coast Guard […]
We (the Cape Fear Blue Water Fishing Club) have asked for rebuttal and/or explanation from the NC Marine Patrol. This letter was forwarded from my club email account. Hello. Thought I would share a very unhappy experience. My wife had an emergency call from the North Carolina Marine Patrol about our 36 foot Hatteras and […]
WWII Greenland and Patrol Honored New London, Conn. – To remember the sacrifice and dedication of the WWII Greenland Patrol (1940-45), the U. S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol, the Coast Guard Foundation, a representative from the USCGC Escanaba, and the Direct Commission Officer Class 2-05 will join together at the Greenland Patrol Memorial near […]
MAN CRUSHED BY DREDGE RESCUED BY COAST GUARD ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A man onboard a fishing vessel was medevaced by Coast Guard this morning after being crushed by a dredge off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J. Robert Chase, 54, was taken to Atlantic City Trauma Center in Atlantic City, N.J., by a Coast Guard […]
States Schedule Public Meetings to Gather Comment on Draft Addendum XVII to the Summer Flounder FMPWashington, DC – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea BassManagement Board approved Draft Addendum XVII to the Summer FlounderFishery Management Plan for public comment and review. The Draft Addendumproposes a program that allows the Board to subdivide the […]
Proposed Rule Would Address Permitting, Reporting, and Bycatch Reduction in Shrimp Fisheries This proposed rule would require an owner or operator of a trawler that harvests or possesses brown, pink, or white shrimp (penaeid shrimp) in or from the EEZ off the southern Atlantic states to obtain a commercial vessel permit for South Atlantic penaeid […]
Proposed Rule Would Require Turtle Protective Gear in the Sea Scallop Dredge Fishery Hard-shelled turtles have been injured and killed as a result of being captured in Atlantic sea scallop dredge gear. To address this problem, NOAA Fisheries Service has been working with the scallop industry and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to investigate […]
POTOMAC TO REMAIN OPEN DURING JULY 4 FIREWORKS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Recent news reports have incorrectly indicated that the Coast Guard is planning to close the Potomac River to recreational vessels during the Fourth of July fireworks display in Washington, D.C. While a safety zone will be in place, boaters can still transit and anchor […]
