COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING BOATER PORTSMOUTH, VA. – The Coast Guard is suspending a search that lasted through the night for a man who went missing on the north shore of the Willoughby Spit after his canoe capsized around 11 p.m. Wednesday. Larry Harper, 22, of Norfolk, Va., was canoeing with William Sherwood […]
ASMFC Spring 2005 Meeting Commission’s 2005 Spring Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. All of the business meetings scheduled during this week are open to the public, free of charge. Meeting materials may be obtained via the Commission’s website at <http://www.asmfc.org/may05lMtgWk.htm>. Some documents may be very large, soplease be patient downloading. Meeting materials are also available onCD-ROM; […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR DOWNED PILOT MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Coast Guard boat and helicopter rescue crews with the help of Milwaukee Police Department and Fire Department boat crews are conducting extensive searches of the waters off of Cudahy, Wis. for a pilot from Springfield, Va., who crashed landed in Lake Michigan five miles from shore. […]
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Safe Harbor that beganin North Carolina SandhillsOn May 5 and 6 at Pinehurst Resort, Village of Pinehurst,N.C., come meet the inventors of the Safe Harbor Programand landowners from North Carolina and across the countrywho have enrolled in this innovative program that helpsconserve imperiled species and frees landowners from fearof the […]
COAST GUARD SAVES FOUNDERING BARGE PORTSMOUTH, Va. The Coast Guard helped save a sinking barge today on the Elizabeth River near the south end of Naval Station Norfolk. The 20-person crew of the dredging barge Pullen, a 150-foot barge owned by the Norfolk Dredging Company, saw the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island underway and called […]
HAMPTON ROADS CUTTER HELPS STOP $160 MILLION OF COCAINE ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard cutter Forward based in Hampton Roads assisted in the seizure of 5,100 pounds of cocaine while on patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The drugs were seized from a smuggling go-fast vessel April 16, through a team effort by the […]
State Fish and Wildlife Agencies to Share in More Than $530 Million The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <http://www.fws.gov> today announced that State fish and wildlife agencies will share more than $530 million in excise taxes paid by America’s recreational shooters, hunters, anglers and boaters, to support fish and wildlife conservation and education programs. The […]
As Part Of National Safe Kids Week, U.S. Coast Guard Reminds Parents To Make Their Kids Wear Life Jackets WASHINGTON – The U. S. Coast Guard reminds parents that their children should always wear a life jacket while boating. “National SAFE KIDS Week is a perfect time to remember the importance of life jackets,” said […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR TWO MISSING FISHERMEN *UPDATE* 1 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard air and boat crews on the Eastern Shore continued the search this morning for two Virginia Beach fishermen missing since Sunday. The fishermen’s 12-foot john boat was found overturned in the ocean about six miles east of Wachapreague Inlet. That’s about […]
COAST GUARD HOISTS 3 FROM CAPE MAY BEACH ATLANTIC CITY – Three people were airlifted by a Coast Guard Rescue helicopter after their boat started taking on water this evening. Coast Guard Sector Field Office Atlantic City received a call at 5:57 p.m. today reporting that a 25-foot boat with three people on board was […]
