Letter from New Hanover County Commissioners February 7, 2005 The Honorable Richard Burr United States Senate 120 Russell SOB Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Burr, We strongly urge Congress, as specified in the attached February 7, 2005 County Resolution, to include full funding for shallow inlet maintenance in the U. S. Corps of Engineers budget […]
RESOLUTION OF THE NEW HANVOER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WHEREAS, the United States Coast Guard plans to remove entire buoy systems from four dangerously shoaled inlets along the North Carolina Coast including Carolina Beach Inlet; and WHEREAS, there is no dredging of the Carolina Beach Inlet scheduled this fiscal year and the proposed budget of […]
USCG SEARCHED PEOPLE IN THE WATER OFF ASSATEAGUE BEACH OCEAN CITY, Md. – Coast Guard, Maryland Natural Resources Police, and Assateague National Park Rangers searched for possible people in the water off Assateague Beach today. Coast Guard Station Ocean City received notification from Maryland Natural Resources Police dispatch of an overturned vehicle in the surf […]
$500 REWARD OFFERED FOR POP-UP TAGS FROM ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA Pop-Up Satellite Tags are being put on bluefin by several marine scientists to learn more about the migratory movements of bluefin tuna. Currently tags are being deployed by scientists from the US, Canada and Europe. If you find a fish with a Pop-Up Satellite Tag please […]
Coast Guard investigates collision FOURCHON, La. – Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Morgan City, La., is investigating an incident in which the 151-foot crew boat HILDA MCCALL collided with an un-manned oil platform in South Timbalier block 111A in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday. Coast Guard investigates collision FOURCHON, La. – Coast Guard Marine Safety […]
NEW ICEBERG BREAKS OFF OF LARSEN ICE SHELF Feb. 4, 2005  A new iceberg, about twice the size of Dallas, Texas, has formed in the frigid waters around Antarctica, according to the National Ice Center in Suitland, Md. This latest development comes just three weeks after the world’s largest iceberg, which measured the size […]
Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS Coastal Waters From Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina MONTHLY EDITION February 01, 2005 I. SPECIAL NOTICES: This section contains information of Special concern to the Mariner. NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE MIGRATION – ENCOUNTER REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR THE SEVERELY ENDANGERED […]
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to Meet in Alexandria, VA; February 7-10 Topics on the agenda for this meeting include the management of Atlantic herring, summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, red drum, striped bass, eel, lobster and Atlantic menhaden, weakfish, and horseshoe crab. There will be opportunities for public comment. Select “Read More” […]
Request for Proposals, Large Whale Gear Competition; Due February 15 The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in cooperation with NOAA Fisheries Service, the Northeast Consortium, and the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, recently announced a Request for Proposals for the Large Whale Gear Competition. This project supports the development of innovative fishing gear and/or […]
USCG Removes Buoys in Heavily Shoaled N.C. Inlets ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard removed the navigational buoys from Lockwood’s Folly Inlet Thursday and plans to remove the navigational buoys from New River Inlet Tuesday because these North Carolina inlets have become too shallow for buoy tenders to safely operate.The movement of sand and […]
