JOINT AGENCIES PLAN TO MOVE AND STABILIZE BARGE BATON ROUGE, La. – The U.S. Coast Guard, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana State Police are jointly coordinating the movement of the tank barge FT22 thought to be involved in last week’s rotten egg odor incident. To ensure public safety, the authorities have been monitoring […]
CG Preparing for July 1 Maritime Security Deadline The U.S. Coast Guard is rapidly preparing for a July 1 deadline that will see vast changes to the security climate in ports, port facilities and vessels around the world. A new international code and U.S. law requires vessels and facilities implement security measures designed to protect […]
THREE FROM NOAA RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION AT WHITE HOUSE May 6, 2004  Three members of the NOAA team today received 2003 Distinguished Presidential Rank Awards at a White House ceremony. The award is the most prestigious recognition given to career government senior executives and scientists. Each year, one percent of the federal government work […]
COAST GUARD CUTTER JAMES RANKIN MARKS HISTORICAL SITE BALTIMORE, Md. – The Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin is scheduled to set the historic “Francis Scott Key” buoy off of Fort McHenry, Md., near the Key Bridge Friday. The buoy marks the spot where the ship carrying Francis Scott Key, the author of the Star Spangled […]
UPDATE: COAST GUARD ASSISTS TUG **CORRECTION: The Coast Guard responded to the Tug Osceola not the Tug Chesapeake Bay as reported in the original release. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard provided assistance to a tugboat taking on water in Chesapeake Bay, Va. Monday evening. Tug Osceola began taking on water at about 9 p.m. […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Updated List of Candidates for Endangered Species Act Listing The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today published a revised list of species of plants and animals that may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, including 24 new candidate species added since the Candidate Notice of Review was last […]
NOAA REACHES $100,000 SETTLEMENT WITH NEW JERSEY FISHERMANOwner/Operator Falsified Trip Reports and Filed False Documents The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation (GCEL) announced a settlement agreement with Edward R. Ahearn III, owner and operator of the fishing vessel Lady Caroline II, for violations of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation […]
COAST GUARD ASSISTS TUG PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard provided assistance to a tugboat taking on water in Chesapeake Bay, Va. this evening. Tug Chesapeake Bay began taking on water at about 9 p.m. near Rappahannock Shoal Channel in the Chesapeake Bay and called the Coast Guard for assistance. A Coast Guard HH-60 rescue […]
Coast Guard, Glynn County Sheriff’s Office respond to save woman JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Coast Guard rescue crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., and Station Brunswick, Ga., along with Glynn County Sheriff’s Office and Good Samaritans have responded to a sunken shrimping vessel north of Brunswick along the Front River in Sapelo Sound, Ga. this evening to […]
Coast Guard law enforcement action leads to POTENTIALLY LARGE NOAA penalty for fishing vessel CAPTAIN and owner BOSTON – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association has issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty carrying a $663,000 fine and a four-year permit sanction to the Aveiro Corporation, owner of the New Bedford fishing […]
