MAN AIRLIFTED FROM FISHING VESSEL WITH CHEST PAINS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A man was medevaced early this morning 30-miles off the coast of Manasquan, N.J., after suffering from chest pains and trouble breathing. Fred Dagistino, 50, was hoisted off of the KAREN NICOLE, a 71-foot fishing vessel homeported in Cape May, N.J., by a […]
COAST GUARD CREATES NEW REEF OCEAN CITY, Md. – The U.S. Coast Guard and the Ocean City Reef Foundation, www.ocreeffoundation.com <http://www.ocreeffoundation.com>, will be creating a new reef about ten miles off the coast of Ocean City Friday at about 9:30 a.m. Towboat U.S. is towing a 40-foot steel-hulled fishing boat out to the site, where […]
State Cracks Down on Illegal Fish Products; Undercover Agents Checking SeafoodSource: Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon, Fla. Mar. 28–The state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says it’s stepping up efforts to keep the Sunshine State’s seafood markets safe and fair. As part of Operation No More Back Door, the agency has partnered with the state Department […]
FREIGHT SHIP SEA CLOUD RUNS HARD AGROUND SOUTH OF ST CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – Less than a half-mile west of the channel entrance to Krause Lagoon, the freighter Sea Cloud remains hard aground in the amidships area after a failed attempt to enter the channel yesterday morning. A […]
NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY PRIORITIES FOR 2004 NOW AVAILABLEUpdated Charting Data Promotes Safe Navigation NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced the release of the NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities (NHSP) for 2004. The NHSP identifies and prioritizes navigationally significant areas within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and U.S. territorial waters. Created by NOAA’s […]
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers NOTICE This notice from the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Operations Division, serves as notification to all interested parties of proposed upcoming maintenance dredging, subject to the availability of funds, within the Federally maintained waterways of North Carolina. Additional details of and specific […]
NOAA Fisheries Proposes Initial BFT Quotas and Effort Controls for 2005 Based on the 2002 quota recommended for the United States by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas (ICCAT), 2004 fishing year underharvests/overharvests, and the unused portion of the dead discard allowance, NOAA Fisheries proposes for the 2005 fishing year the quotas […]
Coalition Maritime Forces Intercept Hijacked Vessel USCGC MUNRO, At Sea (NNS) — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Munro (WHEC 724), working with British ships HMS Invincible (R05) and HMS Nottingham (D91) in the Gulf of Aden, intercepted a hijacked Thai fishing vessel at around noon March 17.Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT) received telephone […]
FAO’s Committee on Fisheries Adopts Guidelines for “Ecolabelling” of Marine Fish As reported in a press release from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), efforts to ensure the sustainability of the world’s marine fisheries got a boost earlier this month when the FAO Committee on Fisheries adopted a set of voluntary guidelines for […]
NOAA and Partners Launch Project to Restore Native Oysters in the Great Wicomico River On March 10, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office took part in launching a project that will seed 15 million disease-tolerant broodstock native oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Great Wicomico River. Over-harvesting, degraded water quality and disease have reduced the population of […]
