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CREWS BEGIN FOAM CLEANUP
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Posted by Dawg on Friday, May 11, 2007 @ 11:25:44 EDT (186 reads)
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CREWS BEGIN FOAM CLEANUP |
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FORT MACON, N.C. - The unified command continues to move forward this morning in the cleanup of polystyrene foam that washed up on the shore Wednesday between Cape Lookout, N.C., and the North Carolina-Virginia border.
30 workers from Moran Environmental Recovery deployed from Davis, N.C. to Cape Lookout to begin picking up the foam. 20 workers are in Buxton, N.C., and about 20 more are expected to arrive today.
The unified command has established a community hotline at (252) 240-8144. People are encouraged to call this number to report heavily affected areas and to voice concerns.
The Hapag-Lloyd vessel Paris Express encountered severe weather Sunday evening in the Atlantic while en route from Savannah to Norfolk, resulting in the loss of 21 containers overboard, including some containing packing polystyrene. None of the cargo involved was listed as hazardous material, although the Styrofoam could potentially be harmful to pristine National Seashore areas, including critical nesting habitat for endangered turtles and various bird species in the two National Seashores.
The responsible party, Hapag-Lloyd, acted promptly and engaged a contractor, Moran Environmental Recovery, to take the necessary action to remove the debris immediately. Hapag-Lloyd is working closely in this clean-up effort with the Unified Command, which includes the National Park Service and United States Coast Guard. Other agencies involved include the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commision, Carteret County Emergency Management, Dare County Emergency Management, Hyde County Emergency Management, and Currituck County Emergency Management. |
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Coast Guard Searches 47,000 Nautical Miles for Four Missing Sailors
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Posted by Dawg on Friday, May 11, 2007 @ 07:11:45 EDT (341 reads)
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Coast Guard Searches 47,000 Nautical Miles for Four Missing Sailors |
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard search continues tonight for four sailors onboard the sailing vessel Flying Colours who have been missing off the North Carolina coast since Monday morning.
The search for the missing sailors, Patrick Topping, 39, Jason Franks, 34, Rhiannon Borisoff, 22 and Christine Grinavic, 25, has covered more than 47,000 nautical square miles, roughly the size of Indiana.
Coast Guard search and rescue personnel from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa were joined this morning by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island and the crew of a Navy P3 aircraft from Jacksonville, Fla.
The search began Monday when Coast Guard watch standers at the RescueCoordination Center in Portsmouth Va., received an alert from the ship's Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) at 3:30 a.m. Monday; the last signal from the EPIRB was at 7:00 a.m. Monday. |
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By Air and by Sea, Coast Guard Searches for Missing Boaters
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Posted by Dawg on Friday, May 11, 2007 @ 07:10:19 EDT (234 reads)
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By Air and by Sea, Coast Guard Searches for Missing Boaters
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - (May 10) An HC-130 long-distance search and rescue airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., flies over the Cutter Tampa off the coast of North Carolina yesterday. The Tampa, homeported in Portsmouth, has been assisting air crews from Elizabeth City and Clearwater, Fla., in the search for the 54-foot sailboat Flying Colours and its four crewmembers since early Monday. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the CGC Tampa
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CIRCLE HOOK RULE WILL TAKE EFFECT IN 2008
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Posted by Dawg on Friday, May 11, 2007 @ 07:05:38 EDT (578 reads)
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CIRCLE HOOK RULE WILL TAKE EFFECT IN 2008
Anglers fishing in Atlantic billfish tournaments this year will not have to use circle hooks, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced on May 9th. The agency has decided to postpone the requirement, originally intended to be in force this year, until January 1, 2008. Beginning next year, then, all participants in billfish tournaments on the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. territories in the Caribbean will be required to use a non-offset circle hook when using natural or natural/live bait combinations.
The use of non-offset circle hooks, instead of J-hooks, reduces hooking mortality for released marlin and sailfish by around 66 percent and therefore could save hundreds if not thousands of billfish. Studies indicate, for instance, that as many as 500 more white marlin caught and released in tournaments would survive. The National Coalition for Marine Conservation opposed the delay (as did most recreational fishing and conservation groups), in oral and written testimony to NMFS and as a member of the Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel, citing these savings and the dire condition of the white marlin population. NMFS says giving tournament anglers an extra year to prepare will increase the rule's effectiveness.
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Styrofoam Packing Material Washes Ashore on North Carolina Beaches
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Posted by Dawg on Friday, May 11, 2007 @ 07:03:57 EDT (189 reads)
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Styrofoam Packing Material Washes Ashore on North Carolina Beaches |
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Morehead City, N.C.--Styrofoam packing material began washing ashore on the beaches of the North Carolina Outer Banks Wednesday afternoon as a result of a container ship encountering severe weather off the coast.
The debris field ranges from Cape Lookout northward to the Virginia border. The most densely littered areas are from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras.
Late Sunday evening, the Hapag-Lloyd vessel PARIS EXPRESS encountered severe weather in the Atlantic while en route from Savannah to Norfolk, resulting in the loss of 21 containers overboard, including some containing Styrofoam "peanuts." None of the cargo involved was listed as hazardous material, although the Styrofoam could potentially be harmful to pristine National Seashore areas, including critical nesting habitat for endangered turtles and various bird species in the two National Seashores.
The responsible party, Hapag-Lloyd, acted promptly and engaged a contractor, Moran Environmental Recovery, to take the necessary action to remove the debris immediately. Hapag-Lloyd is working closely in this clean up effort with the Unified Command, which includes the National Park Service, United States Coast Guard, and North Carolina Emergency Management. Other agencies involved include the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commision, Carteret County Emergency Management, Dare County Emergency Management, Hyde County Emergency Management, and Currituck County Emergency Management. |
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