Coast Guard boat crew rescues the rescuer JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard boat crew provided a tow for a fishing vessel whose captain rescued two men from the water two miles south of Bold Island in Southeast Alaska Sunday The Coast Guard received a call at about 3:30 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the […]
NOAA OFFERS NEW EXPERIMENTAL IONOSPHERIC PRODUCTS Nov. 1, 2004  The NOAA Space Environment Center and NOAA National Geodetic Survey today release a new experimental ionosphere products to help emergency managers and other users quickly assess the effects of solar storms on Global Positioning System applications. The SEC has created a near real-time ionospheric specification […]
Current Daily General and HMS Charter/Headboat Category Commercial BFT limits The General category daily retention limit is one large medium or giant BFT (73 inches CFL or greater) per vessel per day/trip. This daily retention limit is effective through May 31, 2005, inclusive. This limit applies to permitted Atlantic tunas General and HMS Charter/headboats (while […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of October 29, 2004 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 206.5 mt. Harpoon category has landed 29.9 mt. Longline North: 18.0 mt. Longline South: 9.3 mt. Purse seine category 31.9 mt. The Angling category is currently open in all areas […]
Fisheries Administrator Meets with Key Representatives of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Community On Thursday, October 28, Dr. Bill Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, briefed key representatives and organizations of the saltwater sportfishing community to discuss important saltwater recreational issues including the striped bass draft environmental impact statement, northwest salmon, recreational data and statistics, marine protected […]
An anchor in American history to be raised JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray will attempt to retrieve the original anchor of the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle from the St. Johns River tomorrow morning. The 3,800 pound anchor broke free from its chain during a routine maneuver when […]
USCG AUXILIARY CREW SAVES YOUNG MAN’S LIFE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard Auxiliary crew saved the life an 18-year-old man after he was ejected from his jet ski at the mouth of the Perrin River, Va., today at about 3:30 p.m. Steve Hogge was found exhausted and without a lifejacket in the 59-degree water […]
FISHING VESSEL SUNK NEAR MOUTH OF BARNEGAT INLET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Philadelphia, Pa., is overseeing cleanup and salvage operations for a fishing vessel that sunk a mile and a half south of Barnegat Inlet. Coast Guard Group Atlantic City received a report from the fishing vessel […]
COAST GUARD OVERSEEING CLEANUP AND SALVAGE ON SUNKEN TUG IN CHRISTINA RIVER ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Philadelphia, Pa., is overseeing cleanup and salvage operations for a tug that sunk at the mouth of the Christina River in Wilmington, Del. MSO Philadelphia received a report at 3:57 p.m. […]
THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM AND NOAA TO BREAK GROUND ON USS MONITOR CENTER The Mariners’ Museum and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, today broke ground at the Newport News, Va.-based museum on the USS Monitor Center, a $30 million state-of-the-art exhibition and conservation facility focused on the famed Civil War ironclad. NOAA is an agency […]
