Sea Turtle Protection and Conservation Sea turtles are graceful saltwater reptiles, well adapted to life in their marine world. With streamlined bodies and flipper-like limbs, they are graceful swimmers able to navigate across the oceans. When they are active, sea turtles must swim to the ocean surface to breathe every few minutes. When they are […]
DGPS service Effective April 1, 2004, the United States Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard will be coordinating DGPS service along our common border, providing all users with a seamless DGPS Service. For DGPS users transiting along the Canadian-United States border, the transition from one system to the other will be transparent. This is […]
Portsmouth Cutter Stops Over 2,000 Pounds of Drugs PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Cutter Legare working with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and the government of Nicaragua seized more than 2,400 pounds of drugs Thursday in the Caribbean Sea. Wednesday, a patrolling ICE P-3 aircraft based in Jacksonville, Fla., spotted a suspicious go-fast in the Caribbean […]
NOAA TALKS WITH STAKEHOLDERS: TELL US WHERE AND HOW TO IMPROVENational Forum in Washington, DC on April 16 The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host a national stakeholder forum on April 16 in Washington, D.C., to identify ways to improve agency programs and make them more effective and responsive. Forum […]
As migrating Mariners take to the water this Spring the Coast Guard urges caution Each year as spring approaches, recreational boating traffic typically increases. This is the time when thousands of “snowbirds”, people who spend the winter months in warmer, Southern climates, sail or motor back to the North for the summer. Much of this […]
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Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT March 23, 2004 NC – MYRTLE GROVE SOUND TO CASINO CREEK – SHALLOTTE INLET – SHOALING There has been a report of shoaling in Shallotte Inlet in the vicinity of Shallotte Inlet Buoy 10 (LLNR 31090) to an approximate depth of 5 feet MLW. Mariners […]
Bow Mariner Salvage Operation Ends No Seamen Located, Fuel Oil Dispersed NORFOLK, VA. – The operation to locate and recover the missing crew from the Bow Mariner and remove fuel oil ended Friday with the approval of the Coast Guard.The salvage effort was called off after a comprehensive search using a sophisticated ROV (remotely operated […]
NOAA TEAM POSTPONES ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ROPES FROM ENDANGERED RIGHT WHALE Young Right Whale Moves Further North March 26, 2004  NOAA Fisheries and its rescue team partners postponed disentanglement operations Friday morning. During the night, the entangled right whale traveled further than expected and moved out of range of the team and into bad […]
Council Agrees on Multi-Year Specifications forSummer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass;Initiates Amendment 1 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan March 22, 2004 During its March 2004 meeting in Wrightsville Beach, NC the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council agreed to move forward with Framework Adjustment 5 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass […]
