Coast Guard led task force terminates multiple illegal charter operations
Sector Mobile, AL
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard led Gulf Coast Illegal Charter (GCIC) Task Force terminated multiple voyages across the Gulf Coast through March and April for operating in violation of the Vessel Passenger Safety Act and regulations governing passenger vessels.
On March 11, 2023, the Coast Guard was notified by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the Alabama Marine Resources Division...
Coast Guard assesses penalty to illegal charter operator
Coast Guard Station Destin boarding team members and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officers terminated the illegal passenger-for-hire operation after determining the vessel was carrying more than 6 passengers without a valid Certificate of Inspection Destin, Florida, April 10, 2022. The Coast Guard imposed a civil penalty to the mariner following an extensive investigation led by Coast Guard...
Coast Guard rescues crewmember 40 miles offshore Destin
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued a 39-year-old male crewmember approximately 40 miles offshore Destin, Florida, Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a distress call over VHF-FM channel 16 at 11:15 a.m. from the crew aboard the motor vessel No Pressure stating a crewmember was suffering...
Coast Guard searching for missing boater near Destin, Fla.
Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Keegan.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard, along with state and local responders, are searching for a boater who went missing after he fell overboard near Destin, Florida, Thursday evening.
Missing is a 55-year-old African-American male last seen in the water without a lifejacket, wearing black swim trunks and a mint green...
Coast Guard medevacs 11-year-old 23 miles south of Destin, Florida
Coast Guardsmen stand by as a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew lands at Coast Guard Station Destin on Oct. 14, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a child Thursday that was experiencing an allergic reaction approximately 23 miles south of Destin Pass, Florida.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a...
Coast Guard ends search for missing 14-year-old boy near Destin, Florida
Coast Guard Cutter Ridley file photo
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard ended its search Thursday for a 14-year-old boy who was last seen swimming at Henderson Beach State Park in Destin, Florida.
A beachgoer found a body matching the description of the missing boy on James Lee Beach at 2:22 p.m.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received notification at approximately 6:45 p.m. Wednesday from Okaloosa...
Coast Guard searching for 14-year-old boy near Destin, Florida
Coast Guard Cutter Ridley file photo
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching Thursday for a 14-year-old boy who went missing while swimming at Henderson Beach State Park in Destin, Florida.
The boy was last seen wearing gray shorts.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received notification at approximately 6:45 p.m. Wednesday from Okaloosa Sheriff’s County Office personnel...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing person off the coast of Destin, Florida
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for a missing freediver off the coast of Destin, Florida.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders were notified that an Okaloosa County Diver found a body matching the description of the missing man.
Coast Guard assets involved in the search were:
Coast Guard Air...
Coast Guard searching for missing person off coast of Destin, Florida
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry file photo by Aux. Michael Dubin
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing person off the coast of Destin, Florida.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a report at around 12:50 p.m., Wednesday, of a man who was freediving three miles off the coast of Destin and never resurfaced.
The Coast Guard currently has the following assets searching:
Coast...
