Man Pronounced Dead Following Diving Incident PORTSMOUTH, Va. – One man was declared dead on arrival to Norfolk Sentara Hospital today after a Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted the man from the commercial dive boat Miss Lindsey 28 nautical miles east of Cape Henry near the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The man stopped breathing […]
NOAA STRENGTHENS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CLIMATE STUDIES INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that an additional $678,000 would be included in a multi-year $9.7million agreement it signed with the Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (CICS) based at the University of Maryland (UMD) in College Park. NOAA is an agency […]
Bottom Trawling Wrecks Habitat & Food For Big Fish Conservationist/Fisherman Tom Raftican writes for the “Tuna Times” In his latest editorial he talks about the destructive commercial fishing method which damages spawning habits the size of the US every year.SB 1459 Passes Senate Natural Resources CommitteeI’m excited to report an important first hurdle in the […]
International Migratory Bird Day While some of us might not know the difference between a great blue heron and a snowy egret, or a wood stork from a gull-billed tern, we love to see these graceful and beautiful creatures in flight along wind-capped waves, or silently hunting their prey, statue-like, mirrored on the glassy surface […]
RESEARCHERS TO USE INFRARED LASER-SCAN TO CREATE 3-D MODEL OF THE USS MONITOR’S TURRET AND STEAM ENGINE May 12, 2004  This week in Newport News, Va., The Mariners’ Museum and the NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary are working with the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) to map the […]
Coast Guard searches for local Jacksonville diver off St. Marys, Ga. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., along with other search units in the area are searching for a local Jacksonville diver 66 miles east of St. Marys, Ga. The Coast Guard was notified at 5:08 p.m […]
RESEARCHERS TO USE INFRARED LASER-SCAN TO CREATE 3-D MODEL OF THE USS MONITOR’S TURRET AND STEAM ENGINETechnicians from National Park Service’s HABS/HAER offices to map artifacts beginning May 10th Beginning the week of May 10 in Newport News, Va., The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Monitor National Marine Sanctuary will […]
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COAST GUARD RE-OPENS MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CARUTHERSVILLE MEMPHIS — The captain of the port at Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Memphis re-opened the Mississippi River to restricted traffic today near Caruthersville, Mo., after locating three sunken barges in the river. The captain reopened the river shortly after 5 p.m. today, to downbound traffic only, […]
COAST GUARD HIGHLIGHTS FISHING VESSEL SAFETY IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard fishing vessel safety examiners are scheduled to conduct free voluntary dockside examinations of commercial fishing vessels Tuesday – Thursday in several ports in Texas and Louisiana. Examiners plan to be in Cameron, La., from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, and in the Port Arthur, […]
