Coast Guard scheduled to re-establish aids to navigation in inlet near Holden Beach, NC WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard plans to replace the aids to navigation in the Lockwoods Folly Inlet near Holden Beach after the Army Corps of Engineers complete dredging of the inlet, which is scheduled for mid-to-late June. The Coast […]
Coast Guard recovers swimmer off NC coast PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard crew recovered a 43-year-old male swimmer off the coast of Bald Head Island, N.C., Monday at approximately 8:30 p.m. At approximately 7 p.m., a Brunswick County dispatcher contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina reporting four people were in the water. […]
Coast Guard rescues sailors 30 miles off Cape Hatteras, NC PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued two sailors after their 49-foot sailing vessel began taking on water approximately 30 miles east off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Monday. At approximately 3 a.m., a crewmember aboard the Devil Slander contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard […]
Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue divers near Beaufort, NC PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two people after being separated from their recreational boat, approximately 10 miles off the coast of Beaufort, N.C., Sunday. At approximately 4:30 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a report over VHF-FM channel 16 from a […]
Coast Guard coordinates AMVER vessel’s high-seas rescue PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District command center coordinated a rescue approximately 400 miles northeast of Bermuda with the assistance of a German flagged container ship, Friday night. At approximately 6:30 p.m., the watchstanders received a notification from a member of the National […]
Coast Guard rescues boaters near Wrightsville Beach, NC PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued four after their 20-foot boat began taking on water approximately ten miles off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Wednesday. At approximately 3 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach received the report from a member of the New […]
NOAA Fisheries Service is Elminating the 240-Foot (40-Fathom) Snapper Grouper Prohibition in the South Atlantic Effective May 10, 2012 NOAA Fisheries Service is eliminating the 240-foot (40-fathom) snapper grouper prohibition in South Atlantic federal waters. The 240-foot prohibition, implemented on January 31, 2011, prohibited the possession of six deepwater snapper grouper species (snowy […]
Coast Guard warns mariners of shoaling at Hatteras, NC WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard is warning mariners of shoaling approximately one-half mile into the Hatteras Inlet Channel here, Monday. The width of the channel has been reduced due to encroaching shoals on either side of the waterway. Vessel operators are urged not to pass […]
Coast Guard assists 6 from aground vessel in Hatteras Inlet, NC PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard assisted six people after a 46-foot charter vessel ran aground in Hatteras Inlet Saturday. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a report via VHF-FM channel 16 of an aground vessel, the Nancy K, with eight people aboard […]
Coast Guard keeps merchant mariners and public informed on whales PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is taking active measures to ensure the health and safety of whales in local waters. Every year, from November to April, several whale species return to the Virginia coastal waters that are part of their migratory routes and […]
