COAST GUARD CREW MEDEVACS INJURED FISHERMAN BOSTON – A boat crew from Station Chatham medevaced a 43-year-old fisherman with an injured hand from the fishing vessel Linda one mile east of Chatham, Mass., at 1:15 a.m. today. The master of the 92-foot Boston-based fishing vessel radioed the Coast Guard at 6:45 p.m. Friday reporting Daniel […]
COAST GUARD COMPLETES MISSIONGULF COAST OPERATION A SUCCESS NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard concluded a two-week operation in the Gulf of Mexico today dedicated to three specific missions: protecting living marine resources, enforcing laws and treaties, and promoting safety for life at sea. Operation Amberjack, involving Coast Guard personnel from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and […]
COAST GUARD LAUNCHES AMERICA’S WATERWAY WATCH TO ENCOURAGE REPORTING OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard officially launched America’s Waterway Watch today to encourage members of the maritime and recreational boating industries and the boating public to report suspicious activities in our nation’s ports and waterways. “This is a program similar to neighborhood […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.4 MILLION TO SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today awarded $1.4 million today to the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium to further its mission of coastal environmental stewardship, education, and community involvement. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. “This money will ensure that South […]
COCAINE SEIZURE HIGHLIGHTS PATROL FOR LOCAL CUTTER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – More than 4,058 pounds of cocaine with an import value of approximately $130 million will be offloaded at the Coast Guard Integrated Support Center here Friday at 11:15 a.m. The crew of Cutter Bear seized the cocaine Jan. 26 after a high-speed chase at sea […]
Seafood Dealer Fined $50,000 for Purchase of Illegal Bluefin NOAA Fisheries Service has cited a Massachusetts seafood dealer with a $50,000 Notice of Violation and Assessment for purchasing tuna harvested by a vessel in violation of the catch limit for Atlantic bluefin tuna. “It’s important for fishermen to know that our office and our Massachusetts […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Working with Volunteers to Rescue Stranded Dolphins in the Florida Keys NOAA Fisheries Service scientists and volunteers are continuing their efforts to save dozens of dolphins stranded in the Florida Keys. More than 60 rough-tooth dolphins were found on flats and sandbars and in a nearby canal Wednesday about a quarter mile […]
Final Bluefin Tuna Quotas; New Catch-and-Release Provisions Established NOAA Fisheries Service has announced Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas for each of the domestic fishing categories, and general category effort controls that will be effective through May 31, 2005. This final rule also establishes a catch-and-release provision, in addition to the existing tag-and-release program. Effective April 4, […]
NOAA Releases Coastal Population Trend Report Population Trends Along the Coastal United States: 1980-2008, (PDF) a report that presents an overview of coastal population trends from 1980 to 2003 and the projected change in coastal population by 2008. This report details the ever-increasing movement of the U.S. population to coastal counties. Fifty-three percent of the […]
Crowd focuses on risk to inlets Shoaling deemed threat to economyBy JERRY ALLEGOOD, Staff WriterSWANSBORO — Shallow inlets that divide the coastal barrier islands brought together hundreds of people Thursday who are worried that losing the inlets to sandbars will threaten the entire coast.About 600 people packed the Rotary Civic Center in Swansboro for a […]
