UPDATE: TUG RESCUE OFF CAPE FEAR CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard crews are currently responding to a distress call from the 135-foot tugboat, Valour, towing a 500-foot barge loaded with approximately 140,000 barrels of petroleum by-product 37 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, N.C. The Valour radioed the Coast Guard for help at approximately […]
NMFS ADJUSTS GENERAL CATEGORY ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA DAILY RETENTION LIMITS The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) waives the previously designated General category restricted fishing days (RFDs) for January 20, 21, and 22, 2006. The daily retention limit on these days is increased from zero to two large medium or giant Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT), measuring […]
6 PEOPLE RESCUED OFF CAPE FEAR, 3 STILL MISSING CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard is currently responding to a distress call from the 135-foot tugboat, Valour, towing a 500-foot barge loaded with approximately 140,000 barrels of petroleum by-product 37 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, N.C. The Valour, radioed the Coast Guard for […]
COLLISION UPDATE BALTIMORE – Three people were recovered from the water today after a collision between a tug boat and a fishing boat. Coast Guard controllers received a report 2 p.m. that there was a collision between the tug Richard Lowry and a fishing boat in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in […]
Date Change for Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting; Now Scheduled for Feb 20-23 The dates for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s February Meeting have been changed to February 20 – 23. This meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Drive, in Arlington, VA. For more information, contact […]
Navy Extends Comment Period on Environmental Impacts of Undersea Warfare Training Range; Deadline Jan 30 The Navy has extended the public comment period on the Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) Draft Environmental Impact Statement until January 30, 2006. The Navy received several requests for extending the public comment period during public hearings and in subsequent […]
NOAA CoastWatch Establishes Data Node on East Coast NOAA Coast Watch is establishing an East Coast Node at NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office in Annapolis, MD to process near real-time oceanographic satellite data and make the data available to Federal, State and local marine scientists, coastal resource managers, and the general public. Anticipated to open in […]
Right Whale Calf Found Dead; Mariners Urged to Use Caution A North Atlantic right whale calf was confirmed dead on January 10 off the coast of Jacksonville, FL by members of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. NOAA Fisheries Service coordinated a response team to examine the whale in an effort to determine the cause of […]
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MISSING CRABBER HOBUCKEN, N.C. – The Coast Guard suspended the search for an Aurora, N.C., crab fisherman today. A 21-foot fishing boat registered to Steven Powers, 53, had been reported doing circles, without a pilot, in the Pamlico River between Durham Creek and South Creek. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk […]
THREE PEOPLE RECOVERED FROM WATER AFTER BOATS COLLIDE BALTIMORE – Three people were recovered from the water today after a collision between a tug boat and a fishing boat. Coast Guard controllers received a report from the tug Richard Larry at 2 p.m. that there was a collision between the tug Richard Lowry and a […]
