COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR 8 POSSIBLE PEOPLE IN THE WATER HERNANDO BEACH, Fla. – Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watch standers received a call at 7 p.m. today on channel 16 from a boater stating that his vessel, the Rum Runner III, was taking on water 50-nautical miles northwest of Hernando Beach, Fla., with eight […]
NOAA RESEARCH VESSEL RECEIVES AWARD FOR VEGETARIAN DIET A NOAA research vessel powered by soybeans, the first modern U.S. research vessel to operate free of petroleum products, was given an award by the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program during an Earth Day Week event on the shores of Lake Michigan. “NOAA has a […]
NOAA HELPS OCEAN RACERS AVOID RIGHT WHALES Every four years the world’s oceans, including the Atlantic, play host to the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. Introduced more than 32 years ago by England’s Whitbread Company and the British Royal Naval Sailing Association, the race tests seamanship, craftsmanship, and raw-knuckle busting-hard work and endurance. This year’s competition […]
Mid-Atlantic Council and its Committees to Meet; May 2-4 in Virginia Beach, VA The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and its Bycatch Committee; Research Set-Aside Committee; Protected Resources Committee; Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee; Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Tilefish Committee; Ad Hoc Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Committee; Ecosystem Committee; and Executive Committee will meet May 2-4 in Virginia […]
Renewed Affirmative Finding Will Allow Yellowfin Tuna Imports from Ecuador NOAA Fisheries Service has renewed the affirmative finding for the Government of Ecuador under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This affirmative finding will allow yellowfin tuna harvested in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in compliance with the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP) by Ecuadorian-flag […]
NC COUPLE RESCUED FROM DISABLED SAILING VESSEL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard is towing an North Carolinian couple to safety after their vessel became disabled 66-miles east of Jacksonville Sunday. James Q. Brown and Nancy Willis May of New Bern, N.C., were sailing their 34-foot sailing vessel, the Chapulin, Marsh Harbor, Bahamas to Fernandina […]
RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER NEAR BUTLER ISLAND, S.C. CHARLESTON, S.C. – A man is missing after he jumped off his vessel with a friend and his dog to go for a swim in the Intra-Coastal Waterway in the vicinity of Butler Island, S.C. at about 7:40 p.m. The man, whose name is being […]
NOAA LAUNCHES FIRST SET OF ATLANTIC BASIN TSUNAMI BUOY STATIONS April 17, 2006  NOAA finished installation of five Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoy stations off the East and Gulf coasts and the Caribbean as part of the expansion of the U.S. tsunami warning system. The latest buoy station, off New Orleans, […]
Council Meeting in Virginia Beach, VA: May 2-4, 2006 The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s May 2006 meeting to be held at Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel, 36th & Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (telephone 757-425-9000), May 2-4, 2006. Below is the meeting agenda. Tuesday, May 2 8:30 – 2:00 p.m. […]
NTSB ACTING CHAIRMAN ROSENKER ADDRESSES MARINE CONFERENCE, HIGHLIGHTS PARTNERSHIPS Washington, DC — National Transportation Safety Board’s Acting Chairman, Mark V. Rosenker yesterday, during a speech at the 44th Annual National Marine Conference, discussed the Board’s investigation of marine accidents and the cooperation required from all involved in promoting and ensuring marine safety. “Safeguarding our nation’s […]
