THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SEA HAWK III CAUGHT OVER 200 SPANISH MACKEREL ALONG WITH THE FIRST LARGE 80# BLACK TIP SHARK OF THE SEASON. SUNDAY WENT BOTTOM FISHING AND CAUGHT SOME LARGE KEEPER SEA BASS 8 MILES OFF HOLDEN BEACH AND SPANISH WERE ALL CAUGHT IN 20-35 FT. WATER OFF HOLDEN BEACH ON HALF DAY […]
Coast Guard rescues 7 lost in fog ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A Coast Guard crew rescued seven people who were disoriented in the fog aboard a 22-foot boat Saturday two miles off the coast of Wildwood, N.J. The Coast Guard received a call at 5 p.m. from a passenger aboard the sport fishing boat Addiction reporting their GPS was disabled […]
Coast Guard works with National Park Service to rescue two today. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard and North Carolina National Park Service rescued two people whose boat capsized in the surf off Coquina Beach, near Oregon Inlet, N.C., this morning. Coast Guard watch standers at Station Oregon Inlet received a call from a retired […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES FIVE FROM DAMAGED SAILBOAT PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued five people from the German flagged 43-foot sailboat Born, approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The Coast Guard was initially notified at 6:40 a.m. today by a 406 MHz distress signal from the sailboat. The distress signal was generated […]
COAST GUARD RESPONDING TO VESSEL IN DISTRESS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard C-130, and an HH-60 Jayhawk Rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., are responding to a 406 MHz distress signal from a sailboat approximately 170-miles east of Elizabeth City. The vessel is a German flagged 43-foot sailboat with five people onboard. The distress signal […]
Coast Guard Assists Mariners Taking On Water PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue crew from Station Hobucken, N.C., assisted a father and son near the Fairfield Swingbridge after their 32-foot pleasure craft began taking on water this afternoon. Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina were notified by the Wasabe stating that they were […]
"It’s Been a Hell of a Ride" – World War II Coast Guard Veteran Receives Purple Heart (Story By Petty Officer Kip Wadlow) PORTSMOUTH, Va. – People in Selma, N.C., wouldn’t find anything out of the ordinary about a diminutive, elderly gentleman with a gruff voice taking his daily exercise walk along the side of the road. […]
Nontraditional Stakeholders Sought for Participation in ASMFC Shad & River Herring Advisory Panel Washington, DC – The Commission’s Shad and River Herring Management Board is in process of re-configuring its Shad & River Herring Advisory Panel. As part of that process, the Board is seeking nominations from nontraditional stakeholders to fill two seats on […]
Navy Sonar Testing Application Comments Sought NOAA Fisheries has received a request from the U.S. Navy for authorization for the take of marine mammals incidental to Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training (AFAST) activities conducted off the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico for the period beginning January 2009 and ending January 2014. Pursuant […]
Coast Guard Cautions Against Illegal Charter Boats BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard cautions passengers, who pay to go fishing on the Chesapeake Bay, to avoid boats that do not have licensed captains or has not been inspected by the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard advises passengers to ask boat captains to show their original Coast […]
