JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard has towed a deceased right whale calf to officials with NOAA Fisheries and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at the boat ramp in Mayport, Fla., today at about 3:45 p.m.
The right whale calf was located off Jacksonville Beach, Fla., by a commercial fishing vessel. The whale was [...]
Posts on ‘January 25th, 2007’
Coast Guard Tows Deceased Right Whale
Coast Guard Reports Spill Secured in Bayou Perot
Houma, La.- The following is the latest information in the multi agency response and investigation surrounding a spill of medium crude from a damaged wellhead in Bayou Perot, Louisiana:
As of 3:00 p.m. the discharge was stopped and the well was secured.
To date 49,000 feet of oil containment boom have been deployed and more than [...]
Coast Guard Catches Longliner Fishing Illegally in Northern Hawaii Protected Waters
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard documented a fishing vessel operating in protected waters this week during a routine surveillance patrol of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument.
A Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Barbers Point located the 53-foot U.S.-flagged fishing vessel Astara loitering inside the monument on Jan. 19. The aircraft documented the [...]
Ship Operator Sentenced for Environmental Crimes
WASHINGTON – American-based ship operator, Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc. (PGM), was sentenced today for deliberate acts of pollution involving a fleet of four ships, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson sentenced PGM to pay a $1 million criminal fine, $500,000 for community service and serve three [...]
Coast Guard Continues to Search for Leads in Wellhead Spill Investigation
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard continues to investigate the cause of an oil spill east of Larose, Louisiana where a damaged well continues to discharge oil into Bayou Perot.
The operator of the well, ExPert Oil & Gas, LLC of Covington, La., is offering a $35,000 reward for specific information resulting in [...]
Multi-Agency Exercise in Humboldt County
McKinleyville, Calif. — On Friday, January 26th, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the USCG Station Humboldt Bay, USCG Air Station Sacramento and USCG Air Staion Humboldt Bay will carry out a joint exercise at Arcata Airport and Humboldt State University.
The exercise at Arcata Airport will involve the fly-in of a USCG C-130 Turbo Prop [...]
CGNews Tip: Damaged Chinese Vessel Tong Cheng Carrying Ammunition
Well this certainly just got interesting. According to this article from the Honolulu Advertiser, it appears the Tong Cheng is carrying ammunition to an unnamed Caribbean Island, possibly Cuba. The crew is being evasive about what’s on board and where it was headed.
Damaged ship carrying ammo – The Honolulu Advertiser
A ship owned [...]