Coast Guard Releases Top Ten Rescue Videos of 2007 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Headquarters released a video compilation of the services most dramatic rescues of 2007. These harrowing rescues confirm the critical lifesaving role performed by the Coast Guard in service to our nation. Since 1790, the Coast Guard has saved more than one million lives, […]
Public Comment Sought on Commercial Wahoo/Dolphin Fishery Access NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposal to control future access to the commercial dolphin/wahoo fishery operating in the exclusive economic zone of the South Atlantic. If changes to the management regime are developed and implemented under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens […]
NOAA Releases The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States NOAA has announced the release of The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States, a report that provides new insight into the complex and biologically rich habitats found in deeper waters off the U.S. and around the world. Called for in […]
LATEST NEWS ON U.S. EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS From September 2006 through February 2007, the National Marine Protected Areas Center released the Draft Framework for Developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas for public comment. In response, the MPA Center received over 11,000 submissions from around the nation […]
COAST GUARD RECEIVES NEW COMMANDER Morehead City, N.C. – Coast Guard Sector North Carolina will welcome a new Sector Commander during a change of command ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City. Capt. W. Dean Lee will be relieved by Capt. June Ryan as the Sector Commander. Rear Adm. […]
COAST GUARD AVIATORS TO RECIEVE AWARDS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE HEROICS PORTSMOUTH, VA – Six aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., will be recognized at an awards ceremony Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Elizabeth City for rescuing twelve mariners in adverse conditions last April and May. The awards stem from four separate search and rescue cases […]
COAST GUARD AVIATORS TO RECIEVE AWARDS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE HEROICS PORTSMOUTH, VA – Six aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., will be recognized at an awards ceremony Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Elizabeth City for rescuing twelve mariners in adverse conditions last April and May. Rear Adm. Fred Rosa, Commander of the Coast Guard Fifth District, […]
Coast Guard Units in New Jersey and North Carolina Respond to Multiple Cases Over Night PORTSMOUTH, Va.-Coast Guard units in New Jersey and North Carolina responded to multiple cases last night, including two search and rescue cases and two requests for offshore medical evacuations. By this morning, personnel in the Coast Guard Fifth District located […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR TWO SAILBOATS IN ATLANTIC OCEAN PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching for the 54-foot sailboat Meltemi with four people aboard after the wife of one of the passengers notified the Coast Guard when they failed to report their location.The sailboat departed from Rebel Marina on Willoughby Bay in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday en […]
*BRIDGE CLOSURE IN ELIZABETH RIVER* PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Operations of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Va., will remain in the closed-to-navigation position Monday, December 10, at 7 a.m. until Friday, December 21 at 6 a.m., to facilitate rehabilitation of the bridge. In addition, the bridge will also be closed from Monday […]
