Shallow-draft Inlet Meeting The Wilmington District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a Shallow-draft Inlet Meeting at 2:00 pm on Tuesday August 7, 2012. The meeting will be held at Pearsall Memorial Presbyterian Church located at 3902 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28403. We will be discussing all project issues for the following […]
Coast Guard rescues 2 from capsized vessel in Bogue Inlet, NC EMERALD ISLE, N.C. — A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Emerald Isle rescued two people, a man and a woman, after their vessel capsized in Bogue Inlet near Emerald Isle, Monday. The boat crew was underway for training on a 45-Foot Response […]
U.S. Commerce Department Announces 2012 Regional Fishery Council Appointments The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of 30 new and returning members to the eight regional fishery management councils that partner with NOAA’s Fisheries Service to manage ocean fish stocks. Council History The councils were established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two people from the water 500 yards off Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Sunday. The two men fell in the water when a storm front moved through the area and caused their 17-foot sailing vessel to capsize. At approximately 6:45 p.m., a security guard called Coast Guard Station […]
Coast Guard restores aids in inlet near Topsail, NCWILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard has completed the replacement of the aids to navigation in New Topsail Inlet Thursday. The aids were temporarily removed in October 2011 due to severe shoaling in the area. The Army Corps of Engineers was able to dredge the inlet in […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Has Implemented a Rebuilding Plan for Red Grouper in the South Atlantic NOAA Fisheries Service has implemented a rebuilding plan for red grouper. The red grouper stock of the South Atlantic was assessed in 2010 through the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review Process. The assessment determined red grouper to be overfished (population […]
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 […]
