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Coast Guard transports two orphaned walrus from Barrow
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane crew transported two walrus calves from Barrow to Anchorage for further transport to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward Monday. The Coast Guard received a call Monday from the Alaska Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stating that two walrus calves were found orphaned for unknown reasons near Barrow. The calves were found malnourished and in need of immediate veterinary assistance. “That is where the … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard rescues sea turtle near Montauk Harbor
NEW YORK – A 47-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Montauk, Long Island, N.Y., rescued a 5-foot sea turtle from fishing gear Wednesday afternoon, near Montauk Harbor. The crew of the Coast Guard response boat was conducting training exercises near Montauk Harbor, around 1:30 p.m., when they received a call over VHF radio CH 16, from the sailing vessel Summer Wind, informing them that a sea turtle was entangled in a buoy line three … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard cutter catches 2 more boats shrimping in closed waters
HOUSTON — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heron seized the catch of two more boats Monday, from people shrimping in closed waters off the Texas coast. Wednesday the Heron’s crew observed crews aboard three boats shrimping in the closed area. Along with the National Marine Fisheries Service, they seized most of the catch Wednesday, which brought in a fair market value of more than $47,000. Monday’s seizure of nearly 15,000 pounds of shrimp, … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard conducts compliance, safety boardings during halibut opener
SEATTLE – Coast Guard units across Oregon and Southwest Washington states conducted at-sea and dockside boardings in support of the commercial halibut opener on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The fishery was open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Wednesday. Coast Guard aircraft patrolled to ensure no fishermen began fishing early and detected one vessel that continued fishing after the 6 p.m. closure. Station and cutter crews conducted boardings to ensure compliance with international, federal and state fishing … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard seizes 25,000 pounds of shrimp caught in closed shrimping area
HOUSTON — Crews from three boats turned their catch of more than 25,000 pounds of shrimp over to the Coast Guard early Tuesday morning. The Coast Guard Cutter Heron observed the vessels actively shrimping in closed waters approximately 90 miles from Galveston. The Coast Guard transferred the catch over to officials from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in Port Arthur on Wednesday. NMFS, which is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard seizes illegal fishing gear from Canadian-flagged commercial vessel in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — A U.S. Coast Guard boarding team from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, boarded and seized gear aboard the Canadian-flagged commercial fishing vessel ADCO II, Wednesday, after locating fishing equipment belonging to the vessel in Lake Erie in waters subject to U.S. and Ohio jurisdiction. Enforcement action is already pending against the vessel after it was observed allegedly fishing in U.S. and Ohio waters, Thursday. Click here to read about that case. Law enforcement personnel from … Read entire article »
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