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Think Ice Safety While Shopping on Black Monday
Life jacket: wearing a life jacket is important no matter what time of the year it is. An unexpected fall through the ice is more life threatening to a person not wearing a life jacket. Anyone going out on the lakes and rivers should remember to wear one.
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Coast Guard Rescues Three from Sunken Fishing Vessel
Coast Guard rescues 3 from sunken fishing vesselMORGAN CITY, La. – The Coast Guard rescued three individuals from a 75-foot fishing vessel that sank approximately 12 miles southwest of Point Au Fer in the Gulf of Mexico, Monday.
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Coast Guard Reminds Boaters to Stay Safe at Columbia River Buoy 10
The Buoy 10 fishing season, named after the channel marker near the mouth of the Columbia River, brings thousands of fishermen from around the world each year to the Columbia River.
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Coast Guard Search for Missing Teens Now Covers Over 30,000 Square Miles
The Coast Guard continues to search for two missing boys, Tuesday, approximately 100 nautical miles off the coast of the Florida and Georgia border.
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Coast Guard Locates Boat of Missing Teens 67 N.M. Off Ponce Inlet, Florida
Coast Guard 45 Foot Response BoatMIAMI — The capsized vessel two missing teens were last seen aboard was located by Coast Guard search-and-rescue crews 67 nautical miles east of Ponce Inlet, Florida, Sunday.
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Coast Guard Rescues 3 After Collision with Breakwall
Shortly after 9:30 p.m., a watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan received a call from a good Samaritan stating he had witnessed a vessel run into the breakwall. - See more at: http://www.thefishingwire.com/story/352396#sthash.u5luOLVe.dpuf
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Coast Guard Rescues Three Kayakers Off Kaena Point, Oahu
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point located two missing kayakers beset by wind two miles offshore Kaena Point, Oahu about 10:20 a.m. Saturday.
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COAST GUARD FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 86 SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED IN 2015
Stonington, Conn. — The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education and welfare of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that in 2015 it has awarded a record 86 scholarships with a value totaling just over $400,000.
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Coast Guard Rescues Man and Dog 69 Miles West of Hudson, Fla.
Coast Guard Rescues Man boat fire Dog 69 Miles West of Hudson, Fla.
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Coast Guard Rescues 6 off Bay City, Texas
Coast Guard boat and helicopter crews located three missing fishermen near an unmanned rig early Saturday morning about 6 miles off Bay City, Texas
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Chicago Woman Sentenced for False Distress Call to Coast Guard
CHICAGO – A Chicago woman was sentenced in federal court Thursday for making a false distress call nearly two years ago which led to several agencies launching a dangerous search and rescue operation in Lake Michigan off of Rogers Park Beach. Leona Chewning, 24, was sentenced to 180 days of community confinement, three years of probation and $13,613 in restitution for knowingly and willfully causing the Coast Guard to attempt to save lives and property when no help was needed, in violation of Title 14, U.S. Code, section 88(c).
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4 Rescued After Boat Capsizes in Lake Erie
Boasting Safety AppCLEVELAND – A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Marblehead, Ohio, rescued four people from Lake Erie Friday afternoon after the people's boat capsized near Kelley's Island, sending all four into the lake.
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Coast Guard Assists Activist Secured Overnight to Anchor Chain at Bellingham, Washington
SEATTLE — Coast Guard personnel assisted in the removal of an activist who secured herself to the anchor chain of the Arctic Challenger, an oil exploration ship, in Bellingham, Wash., Monday morning.
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Coast Guard Rescues Woman from Cliff Near Crescent City, California
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — Coast Guard crews rescued a woman stranded on a cliff in the vicinity of Crescent City, Calif., at approximately 11: 26 a.m. Wednesday.
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Boating Deaths Second Lowest on Record for 2014
LEXINGTON, Ky. – 610 people died in recreational boating accidents in 2014, according to data released today by the U.S. Coast Guard. This marks the second lowest number of yearly boating fatalities on record. The lowest number of yearly boating fatalities was 560 in 2013. The greatest number of boating deaths was recorded in 1973 when there were 1,754 fatalities. "There are three basic things a boater can do to be safer on the water," said Eleanor Mariani, president of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.
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