Fishing crew rescued from vessel ablaze MIAMI – Crews from a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter are currently rescuing 14 fishermen off a 72-foot Bahamian fishing vessel which is on fire approximately 50 miles northwest of Nassau, Bahamas. Coast Guard District Seven’s command center in Miami recieved notification of the vessel in distress at approximately […]
Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS Coastal Waters From Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT February 22, 2005 GPS RECEIVERS MANUALLY-ENTERED POSITION OFFSET CAUTION NOTICE GPS Receiver Manually-Entered Position Offsets May Cause Safety Hazard when Interconnected to Navigation DevicesIt has come to the attention of the U.S. Coast […]
Public Forum on Marine Protected Areas; March 7 in Washington, DC The National Marine Protected Areas Center is developing a framework for the national system of marine protected areas (MPAs), as directed by Executive Order 13158. Input from stakeholders, agencies, authorities, and the MPA Federal Advisory Committee is key to the development of this guiding […]
WE NEED YOUR HELP! We have not received a reply for Governor Easleys office about the Regional Inlet Meeting in Swansboro on March 3rd. Please take a moment RIGHT NOW TODAY! And write Governor Easley’s office asking him to attend. I wrote the letter below this morning. Please feel free to use it. […]
Fishing Boat Patrick James Capsized VENICE, La. (Feb. 22) – The fishing boat Patrick James sits near the entrance of South Pass, La., Tuesday after it capsized. The five people who were aboard the boat before it sank were rescued by a good samaratin. A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Venice transported the survivors to the […]
NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES REACH CONSENSUS ON EL NIÑO DEFINITION Feb. 23, 2005  NOAA announced that the NOAA National Weather Service, the Meteorological Service of Canada and the National Meteorological Service of Mexico have reached a consensus on an index and definitions for El Niño and La Niña events (also referred to as the El […]
Note from Captain Stanman Kudos to Capt. Dave Tilley of www.fryingpantower.comWhen David called and asked me to join forces with him on the Inlet crisis, little did we know how big this was going to be.In spite of rejection, one website that deleted his post, Dave persevered. As of Monday Dave told me that over […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals From States for 2005 Endangered Species Grants The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories interested in acquiring land or conducting conservation planning for endangered species. Through the fiscal year 2005 appropriation from Congress, more than $70.5 million is available to […]
U.S., JAPAN SIGN SATELLITE BACK-UP AGREEMENT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today signed a long-term agreement with the Japan Meteorological Agency to guarantee continuous geostationary satellite coverage of the continental United States and the Western Pacific, in case either agency experiences a spacecraft failure. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. […]
Plastic Fuel Fill Grounding Recent events have caused the boating industry to examine the policy regarding the bonding of plastic body fuel fills with metallic caps and retaining chains. Existing USCG & ABYC policy states that the bonding of these components is voluntary. A study by IMANNA Laboratories has shown that connecting the metallic retaining […]
