Coast Guard conducts waterways analysis study of Tillamook Bay
SEATTLE — Coast Guard officials are seeking public comment while conducting a waterways analysis and management system (WAMS) review of Tillamook Bay, Ore.
The Coast Guard uses WAMS to validate the adequacy of the existing aids to navigation (ATON) system, as well as to get a better understanding of the uses of each waterway and general safety issues.
WAMS focuses on the waterway’s present ATON...
Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry returns to Guam
Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Zena Suzuki
SANTA RITA, Guam — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) returned to Guam on April 9, 2023, following a 30-day expeditionary patrol in support of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation 365 and Operation Rematau to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in...
Kodiak Enterprise fire response continues
TACOMA, Wash. — Crews continue their response to the fire aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise moored in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Wednesday.
Firefighting crews from Tacoma Fire Department and Resolve Marine continue to access interior spaces to put out hot spots and look for standing water.
In the coming days, responders will ensure the ship is safe for investigators to get on board...
Coast Guard continues response to vessel fire in Tacoma
US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Diolanda Caballero.
TACOMA, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, Tacoma Fire Department, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and other agencies continue to respond to the fire aboard the Kodiak Enterprise fishing vessel moored in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma.
The fire has decreased in size and firefighters have accessed interior spaces to...
Coast Guard, partners continue response to vessel fire in Tacoma
US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Diolanda Caballero.
TACOMA, Wash. – A unified command, consisting of the Tacoma Fire Department, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Washington Department of Ecology and other agencies, continued its response Monday to a fire aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise moored at Trident Seafoods in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma.
Firefighting efforts have resulted in a...
Coast Guard interdicts lancha, seizes 1,000 pounds of shark
Some of the sharks aboard a lancha in waters subject to U.S. law enforcement off the southern Texas coast, April 9, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station South Padre Island)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted a lancha crew and seized approximately 1,000 pounds of illegally caught shark in waters subject to U.S. law enforcement off southern Texas, Sunday.
A Coast Guard Station...
Coast Guard interdicts 4 lancha crews, seizes 320 pounds of illegal fish
Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Daniel Tarr get underway on the cutter’s 26-foot over-the-horizon boat. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rivera)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted four lancha crews and seized 320 pounds of illegally caught fish in waters subject to U.S. law enforcement off Southern Texas, Monday.
Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi...
Coast Guard returns to Bermuda to combat illegal fishing
The Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch (WPC-1119) is scheduled to arrive in Bermuda on March 31 as part of the second annual fisheries enforcement operation in concert with the Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Royal Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda...
Coast Guard provides oversight for release of hazardous material
A Coast Guard boat crew transports Tetra Tech contractors working with the EPA, to a site in the Delaware River for water sample collection March 28, 2023.
BRISTOL, Pa. — Coast Guard personnel from Sector Delaware Bay continue to provide oversight alongside Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for remaining clean-up operations Thursday following the release of a latex finishing material...
