SAN FRANCISO – Three workshops will be conducted to provide information on clean up and wildlife recovery following an oil spill. The public is invited to come learn about wildlife care and oil removal operation, and what they can do to help with the effort.
The classes, offered by the Department of Fish and [...]
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Informational Sessions on Oiled Wildlife Care Offered
Coast Guard units team with French Navy to improve relationships
HONOLULU — Personnel from the French Navy Frigate Le Prairial completed a four-day visit today with local Coast Guard units here to improve relationships between France and the United States.
The visit in Honolulu coincided with French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to Washington, D.C., which was designed to help repair U.S.-France relations. Sarkozy met with President [...]
Air Station to Host Koru Care Children
LOS ANGELES – Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles will host 26 children with special needs from New Zealand for a tour at 8 a.m., on Tuesday.
Koru Care, which is the equivalent of Make a Wish Foundation in the States, makes the trip from New Zealand to Southern California every year. This is the [...]
Cowlitz River dredging scheduled to begin Monday
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Coast Guard will establish a temporary safety zone on the Cowlitz River near Longview, Wash., due to U.S. Army Corp of Engineers dredging operations scheduled Monday.
The safety zone will be in place throughout the duration of the project, which is scheduled to last until February 29, 2008.
The safety zone will include [...]
Clean up continues on the St. Johns River
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Sun State Towing are working together to continue clean up operations in the St. Johns River Friday.
An estimated 500 gallons of oil were spilled into the St. Johns River at a fuel terminal in Jacksonville while a [...]
Joint Law Enforcement Boarding Leads to Arrest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Following a Coast Guard search and rescue operation to secure a disabled fishing vessel, the Coast Guard in cooperation with agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and Alaska State Troopers conducted a boarding on the fishing vessel Sea Hunter near Seward Thursday. The agents were looking [...]
Cosco Busan Health Advisory
SAN FRANCISCO — NOAA OR&R Health and Safety, part of the Unified Command, is releasing the following health advisory:
Public Health Concerns, IFO 380
IFO 380 is a heavy fuel oil used primarily to propel ships. It is a mixture of mostly heavy fuel with some lighter fuel fractions. When spilled , the lighter fractions [...]