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GRAY’S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY SPONSORS ‘FANTASTIC FISHES’ AWARD IN POPULAR SIDEWALK ARTS FESTIVAL Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary will offer three special awards for the best underwater marine environment scene drawn for Savannah, Georgia’s popular Sidewalk Arts Festival April 30. Gray’s Reef is one of 13 NOAA national marine sanctuaries that protect some 18,000 […]

“Save The Inlets”

“Save The Inlets” Regional Meeting March 3, 2005 7:00pm Rotary Civic Center NC Rte 24 Swansboro, North Carolina   Panel Members U.S. Congress Mike McIntyre (Staff Mary Simpson) Walter Jones (Staffer Josh Bowlen) U. S. Senators Richard Burr (Staff Ryan Rankin) Elizabeth Dole (Staff Janet Bradbury) Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue (Policy Director Tamara Jones) N. […]

Car Pools for The March 3rd

Car Pools for The March 3rd “Save The Inlets” Meetings Anyone from the Inland Areas, If you plan of driving from the inland areas (Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem) or would like a ride from the inland areas PLEASE see this Thread over at Captain Stan’s Forum.  We need all the inland support we can get.  Please plan […]

PROGRAM FOR SAVE OUR INLETS PROGRAM

PROGRAM FOR SAVE OUR INLETS PROGRAM 7:00 PM OBSFC MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AND ADJOURNED. WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS BY STAN JARUSINSKI INTRODUCE EARL BUNTING-DIRECTOR OF OBSFC EARL BUNTING-INTRODUCTION OF PANELISTS, MODERATORS, MAYORS AND TOWN COUNCILS, PRESENTERS. NITA HEDREEN-FLIP CHART, MODERATORS TOM ANDRESKY-DIRECTOR OBSFC AND JAMIE CAMERON OF THE TIDELAND NEWS. RUDI RUDOLPH SHORE PROTECTION […]

CANOE AND BODIES OF MISSING TEENAGERS LOCATED

CANOE AND BODIES OF MISSING TEENAGERS LOCATED YANKEETOWN, Fla. – Sadly, a Coast Guard helicopter and a vessel from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission located the two teenagers who have been missing since Saturday night deceased approximately eight miles offshore of the mouth of the Swanee River around noon today. The boys’ canoe […]

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED FISHERMAN

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED FISHERMAN BOSTON – Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod launched a helicopter and falcon jet around 4:50 p.m. today to assist an injured fisherman with possible broken ribs 100 miles east of Boston. The injured fisherman, a 43-year-old male, was crushed by a one and a half ton gear on the […]

Federal and State Fish Hatcheries Work to Restore Depleted Populations of Americ

Federal and State Fish Hatcheries Work to Restore Depleted Populations of American Shad aAlong the Atlantic Coast Recent captures of hatchery-reared, American shad juveniles indicate the species is being restored into the lower reaches of North Carolina’s Roanoke River. The American shad, a species related to the herring and native to the Atlantic coast from […]

MAN AIRLIFTED AFTER ENGINE ROOM EXPLOSION

MAN AIRLIFTED AFTER ENGINE ROOM EXPLOSION ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – One man was airlifted this afternoon after an engine room explosion on board a tug. The man was airlifted by a Coast Guard rescue helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City and taken to Saint Barnabas Hospitals burn unit in Livingston, N.J. The tug, Robert J. […]

COAST GUARD SAVES SAME SINKING FISHING VESSEL AGAIN

COAST GUARD SAVES SAME SINKING FISHING VESSEL AGAIN CLEARWATER, Fla. — Early this morning, the Coast Guard responded to a sinking fishing vessel 35 miles off John’s Pass, providing dewatering pumps and escorting the vessel back to port once it was stabilized. The two-man crew of the MISS HAYES, a 67-foot shrimp boat out of […]

EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL

EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2005 We foresee a slightly above-average hurricane season for the Atlantic basin in 2005. Also, an above-average probability of U.S. major hurricane landfall is anticipated. We do not, however, expect anything close to the U.S. landfalling hurricane activity of 2004. By […]