Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from dredge OREGON INLET, N.C. – Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet crews transported an injured crewmember from a dredge Saturday after the tug and dredge ran aground in Oregon Inlet near buoy 10. The crew of the dredge Cooper River called Sector North Carolina watchstanders reporting the vessel ran aground […]
Coast Guard finds weapon, drugs on felon’s boat in Oak Island, N.C. SOUTHPORT, N.C. – The Coast Guard found an illegal firearm, ammunition, and illegal drugs in a grounded fishing vessel and assisted local law enforcement officers with taking the vessel’s owner into custody near the Southport Harbor marina Wednesday night. The North Carolina Marine […]
Coast Guard rescues fishermen near Avon, N.C. AVON, N.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two fishermen after their boat sank 14 miles northeast of Avon Wednesday morning. The fishermen aboard the Rose Mary, a 41-foot wooden shrimper, made a distress call to Sector North Carolina watchstanders on VHF channel 16 stating they were taking on water. The watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast […]
NOAA Fisheries Provides Additional Clarifications on Guidelines Designed to End Overfishing Earlier this year, in its revised National Standard 1 Guidelines, NOAA Fisheries published final guidance that is designed to help end overfishing and rebuild federally managed marine fish stocks. The guidance outlines a system of annual catch limits and accountability measures to prevent annual […]
Fishing Rights Alliance (FRA) today filed a lawsuit to stop Amendment 16 The Fishing Rights Alliance (FRA) today filed a lawsuit in the Federal District in Jacksonville, Florida against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) challenging Amendment 16 to the Grouper Snapper Regulations in the South Atlantic. Amendment 16 imposes a 4 month ban on […]
Brazilian navy ship assists Coast Guard PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Cisne Branco, the Brazilian navy’s tall ship, is assisting three people aboard a 50-foot disabled sailboat Wednesday, 200 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The crew of the sailboat Infanta used a satellite phone to call the Coast Guard at about 10 p.m. Tuesday after the […]
Sea Creature wins 51st Big Rock By Bruce Paul June 13, 2009 Winning the 51st Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament wasn’t just a figment of Steve Coulter’s imagination. The Hatteras-based captain of the Sea Creature motored to the Big Rock scales Saturday with a 466-pound blue marlin to score a final-day victory and win $746,820 […]
Jodi E. Tynch Memorial King Mackerel Tournament to benefit Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter June 27, 2009 Wrightsville Beach, NC To honor his wife and to give back to the organization that helped the family through this time, Mike Tynch (along with family friends and a number of community supporters) is hosting the 1st Annual Jodi E. Tynch Memorial King Mackerel Tournament. […]
Local Fire Department Needs Help! Press Release One of our local Fire Departments is in desperate need of a jet ski to conduct water rescue operations. Our current Jet boat is in very bad shape. The motor is on its last leg as well as the rubber pontoon will not stay inflated. This coupled with […]
April 14, 2009, COASTAL FISHERIES REFORM GROUP Press Release: Raleigh NC, House of Representatives. House Bill “h918” the Coastal Game Fish Act has been introduced and referred to the Marine Resources and Aquaculture Committee. This committee is Chaired by Representative Tim Spear, ti*******@***eg.net and includes the following Representatives; Rep. Pat McElraft, pa**********@***eg.net, Rep. Bonner […]
