Coast Guard urges safety for upcoming Dungeness crab season

Coast Guard urges safety for upcoming Dungeness crab season
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment prepares to enter the surf zone off the Washington Coast. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier) SEATTLE — The Coast Guard urges commercial fishermen to ensure vessel safety to prevent maritime emergencies before the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season scheduled to begin Sunday with the Pre-Soak. Marine...

Coast Guard closes Tillamook Bay bar entrance

Coast Guard closes Tillamook Bay bar entrance
SEATTLE. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, Ore., issued the closure of the Tillamook Bay bar entrance due to hazardous conditions at 9 p.m. Sunday. The bar closure applies to all vessels and any request to transit the bars prior to reopening must be approved by the Captain of the Port. Mariners may contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM Channel 16 for further information...

Coast Guard closes Depoe Bay and Siuslaw River bar entrances

Coast Guard closes Depoe Bay and Siuslaw River bar entrances
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, issued the closure of the Depoe Bay and Siuslaw bar entrances due to hazardous conditions at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The bar closure applies to all vessels and any request to transit the bars prior to reopening must be approved by the Captain of the Port. Mariners may contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM Channel 16...

Coast Guard closes Coos Bay and Umpqua River, Oregon bars

Coast Guard closes Coos Bay and Umpqua River, Oregon bars
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Capt. of the Port, Sector Columbia River, Ore., has closed the Coos Bay and Umpqua River, Ore., bars, Saturday due to hazardous conditions. The bar closures apply to all vessels and any request to transit the bars prior to re-opening must be approved by Capt. of the Port, Sector Columbia River. Mariners may contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM Channel 16 for further...

Coast Guard closes Tillamook Bay, Depoe Bay, Siuslaw River, Ore., bars

Coast Guard closes Tillamook Bay, Depoe Bay, Siuslaw River, Ore., bars
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Columbia River, Ore., has closed the Tillamook Bay, Depoe Bay, and Siuslaw River, Ore., bars, Saturday, due to hazardous conditions. The bar closures apply to all vessels and any request to transit the bars prior to re-opening must be approved by Capt. of the Port, Sector Columbia River. Mariners may contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM Channel...

Coast Guard closes river bars in Washington, Oregon

Coast Guard closes river bars in Washington, Oregon
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Capt. of the Port, for the Sector Puget Sound area of responsibility, has closed the Quillayute River bar, and the Capt. of the Port, for the Sector Columbia River, Ore., area of responibility, has closed the Tillamook Bay, Depoe Bay, Yaquina Bay, Siuslaw River and Umpqua River, Ore., bars, Monday, due to hazardous conditions. The bar closures apply to all vessels and any...

Coast Guard closes Columbia River, Depoe Bay, Ore., bars, Sunday

Coast Guard closes Columbia River, Depoe Bay, Ore., bars, Sunday
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Capt. of the Port, Sector Columbia River, Ore., has closed the Columbia River and Depoe Bay, Ore., bars, Sunday, due to hazardous conditions. The bar closures apply to all vessels and any request to transit the bars prior to re-opening must be approved by COPT, Sector Columbia River.  Mariners may contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM Channel 16 for further information...

Coast Guard closes multiple bar entrances on Washington and Oregon coast

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Sector Columbia River, in Astoria, Ore., and the COTP Sector Puget Sound in Seattle issued the closure of multiple river bars within Oregon and Washington due to hazardous conditions Sunday. The bars at the Columbia River, Siuslaw River, Ore., Depoe Bay, Ore., Grays Harbor, Wash., Tillamook Bay, Ore., Yaquina Bay, Ore., and Quillayute River,...

Coos Bay bar closed by Coast Guard

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Sector Columbia River, in Astoria issued the closure of the Coos Bay, Ore., bar due to hazardous conditions Sunday. The bar closure applies to all vessels and any request to transit the bars prior to reopening must be approved by the COTP, Sector Columbia River. Mariners may contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM Channel 16 or Sector Columbia...