NOAA SATELLITES PLAY KEY ROLE IN 60 RESCUES, SO FAR IN 2004 April 8, 2004  Within the first three months of 2004, NOAA satellites were pivotal in rescuing 60 people from life-threatening situations. During the same time period last year, only 27 rescues were made. NOAA officials linked the increase in rescues to the […]
Two Canadian citizens rescued after sailboat runs aground Audio file of distress call available CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Stations Charleston and Georgetown along with Air Facility Charleston crews coordinated efforts to rescue two Canadian citizens after their 38-foot sailboat grounded near the Charleston Jetties in the vicinity of Dynamite Hold about 1:57 p.m. today. […]
Coast Guard is responding to vessel on the Charleston jetty JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard rescue crews from Station Charleston and Air Facility Charleston have responded to an emergency call from a lady on board a 38-foot sailboat that has grounded along the Charleston Jetties in the vicinity of Dynamite Hold. The Coast Guard Operations […]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Man PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching for a man after his vessel was found capsized at the mouth of Broad Creek in Camden County, N.C., Wednesday just before 6 p.m. Lee Leonard, 45, of Shiloh, N.C., was identified as the missing man after Coast Guard rescue crews […]
NOAA AWARDS MORE THAN $1.9 MILLIONTO THE ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a grant for more than $1.9 million to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to support conservation of Atlantic Coast fisheries. The grant will support programs that help coordinate the conservation […]
TOUR BOAT RUNS AGROUND, ATLANTA WOMEN MEDEVACED SAVANNAH, Ga.- Coast Guard Station Tybee Island rescue crews medically evacuated a 63 year-old female and treated 10 others for minor injuries after the motor vessel Dolphin Magic ran hard aground in the New River near Marker 39 about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Sherly Mitchell; 63, from Atlanta; suffered […]
NOAA FISHERIES RECEIVES REPORTS OF MARINE MAMMAL SHOOTINGAgency Requests Information from Residents The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Law Enforcement Field Office in Petersburg, Alaska, has received complaints of marine mammals having been illegally shot or shot at over the past several months. The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972 is […]
U.S., CANADA ANNOUNCE PLAN TO REINTRODUCE KILLER WHALE TO PODKiller Whale Luna May Reunite With Family April 6, 2004  NOAA Fisheries and its Canadian counterpart, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Monday announced a cooperative plan to return the juvenile killer whale, known as Luna, or L98, to its southern resident population. The four-year old […]
Bogue Inlet Survey Released 4-05-04 Download it HEREBogue Inlet Survey Released 4-05-04 Download it HERE
U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MISSING CREWMEMBER OF CAPSIZED BARGE; 2 CREWMEMBERS RESCUED NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews are searching today for one crewmember who was reported missing from a capsized barge in the Pascagoula Ship Channel. Rescue crews from U.S. Coast Guard Station Pascagoula, Miss., U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center […]
