COAST GUARD BRINGING FOUNDERING VESSEL TO SAFE HARBOR Portsmouth, Va. – A Coast Guard Cutter is battling eight to 10-foot seas to bring a foundering fishing vessel to safe harbor. The 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Mako from Cape May, N.J., is attempting to tow the 75-foot fishing vessel Bulldog from Point Judith, R.I., to the […]
MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS ARE CATCHING – AND RELEASING – MORE FISH Marine recreational anglers have been catching more fish in recent years, but they are also releasing their catch more often, according to new data included in a report by NOAA Fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.9 MILLION TO THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FOR OYSTER RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted $1.9 million to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to support an Oyster Restoration Monitoring Program in Virginia. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will finance the restoration […]
NOAA FISHERIES SEEKS YOUR INPUT ON NEW DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN Building on the new NOAA Strategic Plan, NOAA Fisheries has drafted a new Strategic Plan to guide our stewardship activities for living marine resources over the next five years, 2005 to 2010. This draft plan has been put together as a starting point and now […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR 1 AFTER HELICOPTER CRASH NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching today for a person missing after the helicopter he was on crashed in Choctawhatchee Bay, Fla., approximately 25 miles west of Panama City, Fla. A debris field was located in the bay and two bodies were recovered by local […]
Coast Guard cutter crew terminates voyage BOSTON – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Grand Isle terminated the voyage of the fishing vessel My Coll seven miles north of Provincetown, Mass., 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The fishing vessel, with two people on board, was sent back to port for a lack of survival equipment. There […]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing South Carolina diver CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard suspended its searcn for a missing diver in the Ogeechee River, Ga., Monday night. Veto Bartuchie, 48, resident of Port Royal, S.C., was reported missing Sunday around 5 p.m. when he did not resurface to meet his friend waiting for […]
RECORD WETNESS IN EAST CONTRASTS WITH DRYNESS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EARLY SNOW IN ALASKA Oct. 14  Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which battered the United States last month, were enough to break rainfall records for September in states throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast. Overall, temperature and precipitation were above average across […]
FUTURE NOAA SPACECRAFT WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA’S COASTAL WATERS Oct. 19, 2004  Scientists from NOAA, NASA, the Office of Naval Research and academia are looking to use data from a highly advanced imaging deviceâ€â€ÂÂÂset to go onboard the next generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R)â€â€ÂÂÂto track red tides, oil spills, upwelling […]
3 PEOPLE SAVED AFTER BOAT CAPSIZED NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued three recreational fishermen today after the boat they were on capsized approximately three miles west of the entrance to the Southwest Pass. Rescued were: Mathew Nani, Carlton Sunseri and Christopher Sunseri, all of Terrytown, La. The Coast Guard received a cell phone […]
