CUTTER CREW TO RETURN HOME AFTER CARIBBEAN MISSION ELM SET NOAA HURRICANE DETECTION BUOYS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elm will return to Ft. Macon, N.C., tonight after a 42-day deployment in the Caribbean where they set hurricane-detection buoys to improve forecasting. The crew placed two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoys off Puerto […]
COAST GUARD TOWING DISTRESSED VESSEL ASHORE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard responded and rescued the crew of a distressed sail boat off the coast of North Carolina today. The Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island, a 110-foot patrol boat home ported in Fort Macon, N.C., rescued four people from the 45-foot sailboat Sur L’ Eau this morning approximately 300 […]
RIVER ACCIDENT LEAVES 1 DEAD, 1 INJURED; MULTIPLE AGENCIES RESPOND ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Authorities recovered the body of a construction worker this evening after a multi-agency search in the Manasquan River near Brielle, N.J. The body of the man, whose name is unknown at this time, was recovered when the capsized barge on which […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE FROM SINKING CATAMARAN PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Three people were safely rescued from a sinking catamaran off the coast of North Carolina Tuesday afternoon. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., rescued three people from a 35-foot catamaran approximately 290-miles east of Elizabeth City after the boat sustained a three-foot gash […]
South Atlantic Council’s Rock Shrimp and Golden Crab Advisory Panels to Meet; May 1-3 in Charleston, SC The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Rock Shrimp Advisory Panel and Golden Crab Advisory Panel, at the Town and Country Inn in Charleston, SC, on May 1-3, 2007. A detailed agenda is […]
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AWARDS NINE STATE BOATING INFRASTRUCTUREGRANTSInterior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today that more than $9.5million has been awarded to nine states through the competitive BoatingInfrastructure Grants (BIG) program. The grants are made available tostate agencies and partners to build and maintain facilities forrecreational boaters.“The BIG program works with partners to improve […]
STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $600 MILLION FOR SPORT FISHAND WILDLIFE RESTORATIONInterior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today that morethan $600 million will be distributed to 56 state and territorial wildlifeagencies to fund conservation efforts, shooting ranges and huntereducation. This funding results from an excise tax paid by firearm,ammunition, archery and angling equipment […]
South Atlantic Council Moves Closer to Creating New Marine Protected Areas Amendment 14 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan was approved by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council during its March meeting. This Amendment would create a series of 8 marine protected areas in the South Atlantic to protect deep water snapper grouper species […]
Bluefin Tuna Limits Adjusted for Angling Category The daily Angling category retention limits for Atlantic bluefin tuna have been adjusted to maximize the usefulness of the information obtained from catches for biological sampling. Vessels permitted in the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling and HMS Charter/Headboat categories are eligible to land bluefin tuna under the HMS […]
NOAA Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Team Completes National Plan The NOAA Fisheries Artificial Reef Team, in partnership with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, has revised and updated the National Artificial Reef Plan. The plan, originally published in November 1985, was developed by the Secretary of Commerce under direction […]
