Coast Guard Cutter Shamal recovered more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 21, 2005)–Crewmen from the Coast Guard Cutter Shamal recovered more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana a day after stopping the go-fast smuggling boat is believed to have been jettisoned from. The six suspected smugglers were tranferred to authorities from the Dominican […]
NOAA Reports Heightened Space Weather For the past five days, forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center (SEC) in Boulder , Colo. , have observed all types of space weather: radio blackouts, solar radiation storms, and geomagnetic storms. Currently, space weather forecasters are observing a moderate (G-2) geomagnetic storm and a minor (S-1) solar radiation […]
VT HALTER MARINE TO BUILD A THIRD FISHERIES SURVEY VESSEL FOR NOAA VT Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc., announced that it will build another Fisheries Survey Vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA exercised its option for the third of four planned vessels under an existing contract. This […]
NOAA INTRODUCES NOWCOAST WEB MAPPING PORTALWeb Site Combines Information for Easier Accessibility In a continuing effort to improve maritime safety and commerce and to monitor physical changes in weather, oceanographic and river conditions, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, introduces nowCOAST. nowCOAST is a Web mapping portal providing the coastal community with real-time coastal […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO NAVY HELICOPTER CRASH PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard assets responded to a Navy helicopter crash about 30 miles off Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., today. The cause of the crash is unknown. Before going down, the crew was able to radio a mayday which was heard by local Coast Guard […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES HUNTER PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard crew rescued a duck hunter whose boat was stuck in the ice in Chincoteague Bay this afternoon. After receiving a cell phone call from Anthony McGee about 12:30 p.m., a Coast Guard Station Chincoteague crew launched their 23-foot rescue boat to an area about three […]
THREE HUNTERS AND DOG RESCUED ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Md. – Three hunters and their dog were rescued by the Coast Guard, Virginia Marine Police and the Maryland State Police in Chincoteague Bay, Va., on Tuesday night. At approximately 6:20 p.m., Worchester, Md., 911 received a phone call from three hunters on a cellular phone to report […]
SHIP MASTER GUILTY OF OPERATING VESSEL UNDER THE INFLUENCE NORFOLK, Va. – The master of a Panama-flagged freighter was convicted Wednesday of operating a commercial vessel while under the influence of alcohol and was fined $3,000 and ordered not to operate a vessel in U.S. waters for one year. Immigration officials are also processing Hungarian […]
Corps and Coast Guard work cooperatively to address shoaled inlets WILMINGTON, NC – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is working closely with the United States Coast Guard as the Coast Guard plans to remove entire buoy systems from four dangerously shoaled inlets along the North Carolina Coast. These inlets are Lockwoods Folly […]
Long Distance Movements of Atlantic Sharks from the NMFS Cooperative Shark Tagging Program* by J.G. Casey and N.E. Kohler *In: Discovering Sharks. 1990. S.H. Gruber ed. American Littoral Society, Highlands, N.J. pp.87-90. In 1962, the U.S. Government initiated a shark tagging program in the Atlantic Ocean with the volunteer assistance of sport and commercial fishermen. […]
