Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns to homeport following 54-day patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca’s 26-foot Small Boat, Over the Horizon, prepares to be launched for Living Marine Resources Fisheries boardings. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Miller)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. —The Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) returned to homeport in Portsmouth Thursday, after a 54-day deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Seneca crew supported the...
Coast Guard suspends active search for overdue pilot off Chatham
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod’s MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
Boston — The Coast Guard suspended its active search Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., for an overdue aircraft in the vicinity of Nauset Beach, Massachusetts, pending new information.
Coast Guard crews searched a total of 55 hours covering more than 2,076 square miles with no sign of missing pilot or aircraft.
Watchstanders at Coast...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker off Nantucket
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft file photo
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews suspended their search for a missing kayaker off Nantucket, Massachusetts Tuesday at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Vitaly Filiutovich, the subject of the search, was last seen kayaking near shore Sunday afternoon.
Filiutovich was reported missing to the Coast Guard around 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
His empty kayak was located upright...
Coast Guard suspends search for child off Long Beach, N.Y.
Coast Guard Cutter Tybee file photo by PA2 CC Clayton
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard has suspended their search for a 10-year-old boy missing in the waters off Long Beach, New York.
The child was last seen last seen swimming with his 11-year-old brother near Ocean Beach Park around 6:15 p.m., Tuesday.
Nassau County emergency responders notified the Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center...
Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing fishermen near Nantucket
A life ring from the fishing boat Misty Blue lays on the deck after being recovered Dec. 5, 2017, approximately 10 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday at 8 p.m. for two missing fishermen near Nantucket, pending the development of new information.
The fishermen originally went missing Monday evening after their...
Coast Guard searching for 2 fisherman near Nantucket, Mass.
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft File Photo
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews along with local agencies and good Samaritans are searching for two fisherman after their fishing boat sank Monday evening 10 miles southeast of Nantucket.
At approximately 6:10 pm the First Coast Guard District command center received a distress call via an emergency positioning indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) from the...
Coast Guard helps dewater, escort troubled fishing vessel off Cape Cod
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is escorting an 83-foot fishing vessel Friday after it started taking on water 50 miles east of Chatham.
At about 11:30 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England watchstanders received a radio call from the crew of the Krystle James stating they had six people aboard and were taking on water, reportedly from a hole in the hull.
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod launched...
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returns to homeport after 65 days at sea
BOSTON — The Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned to their homeport of Kittery, Maine, Sunday after a 65-day offshore patrol in New England waters.
The Tahoma’s efforts were in support of the Coast Guard’s Operation Atlantic Venture, which focused on the safety of sea life and the enforcement of fisheries laws and regulations on commercial and recreational fishing vessels in the Atlantic from...
Coast Guard, NOAA resolve closed area fishing cases for $80,000
BOSTON — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently resolved two civil penalty cases with two separate fishing vessel owners who violated the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act when their crews were found fishing in closed areas.
There are five closed fishing areas in New England that cover about 8,000 square miles of protected waters. Closed areas aim to...
