Coast Guard tracking Russian vessel off Hawaiian Coast
Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane file photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter KimballHONOLULU — In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands.
While foreign military vessels may transit freely through the U.S. economic exclusive zone (EEZ), as per customary...
Coast Guard reminds fishermen of Atlantic Striped Bass restrictions
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard reminds recreational, charter and commercial fishermen of the ongoing moratorium of Atlantic Striped Bass in the exclusive economic zone of the U.S., which includes all waters from three nautical miles offshore to 200 nautical miles.
As the primary federal agency for at-sea enforcement of fisheries laws, the Coast Guard will be on patrol for those who choose to...
Coast Guard cites commercial fisherman for fishing in U.S. EEZ without permits
BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard in cooperation with the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conducted a boarding of a commercial fishing vessel in Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 25, 2010, and found the vessel did not have a required permit.
