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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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Coast Guard keeps merchant mariners and public informed on whales
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is taking active measures to ensure the health and safety of whales in local waters. Every year, from November to April, several whale species return to the Virginia coastal waters that are part of their migratory routes and calving grounds. During this time, the Coast Guard, in partnership with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, enforces the Ship Strike Reduction Rule (50 CFR 224.105) for a seasonal management area … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard to conduct joint fisheries enforcement mission with Republic of the Marshall Islands
HONOLULU – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and representatives from the Republic of the Marshall Islands will exercise a bilateral agreement to enforce the fisheries laws of the region during a joint operation following a visit to the island of Majuro Monday. Shipriders from the Republic of the Marshall Islands will embark on the Jarvis to assist in patrolling the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ exclusive economic zone against illegal fishing activities. … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard training gets ‘fishy’ with the Texas State Aquarium
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Coast Guard students and instructors of the Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center visited the Texas State Aquarium to familiarize themselves with the various species of marine life in the Gulf of Mexico, Thursday. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Gulf of Mexico was formed as a result of seafloor subsidence approximately 300 million years ago. It is approximately 995 square miles from east to west and approximately 560 square miles from … Read entire article »
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Agencies respond to whale entangled in net off Maui
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration are responding to a whale reportedly entangled from head to tail in fishing nets 6 miles south of Maalaea Bay, Maui Thursday. Coast Guard Station Maui received a call at 8 a.m from the charter boat Maui Diamond 2 reporting an adult male humpback whale entangled in fishing net from head to tail dragging two orange buoys. A Coast Guard crew from Station Maui and … Read entire article »
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Endangered green sea turtles safely taken to sea by Coast Guard and Air Force
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Twenty nine endangered green sea turtles were assisted in their safe migration to sea thanks to a team effort provided by the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force Jan. 6. Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral was contacted by the Air Force requesting they provide an asset to help deliver the hatchlings to the Atlantic Ocean after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission recommended the turtles be released further out to sea … Read entire article »
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