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Queen Astra Returns To RDCC

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P.E.C. Video 'Fishing On The Delaware River' starring DRYL Members

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News Article Regarding Red Dragon CC

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ABYC Letter On Stray AC Current Fish

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Maryland Puts Bounty On Snakehead Fish

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Army Burns Off Chemical VX In Utah

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Could The Delaware River Be A National Recreation Area

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Information Regarding The Marcellus Shale Drilling

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Information Regarding The Dredging the Delaware River

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Information Regarding The NJ Tidelands & Lease Program

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Waterfront Overlay Plans Head To Council

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Hovercraft Service On The Delaware River ??

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Shrink Wrap Recycling Program

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William Penn Foundation Gives $1M For A New Trail For The Delaware River Waterfront

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Philly Plans To Finish Schuylkill River Trail

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NJ Governor Corzine Announces Conservation Easement For Petty Island

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Burlington Island Lighted Boat Parade

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Local DRYL Guys Win BIG In Shark Tournament

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Inquirer News Article Regarding $13M In Grants To Get Philadelphians Closer To Waterfront

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Restored 1967 Ampicar And Launched At Neshaminy State Park Marina

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Video Of 1967 Ampicar Being Launched At Neshaminy State Park Marina

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California Boater Sues Fuel Company Over Ethanol Damage

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President Bush Signs Executive Order Putting Stripped Bass And Red Drum Off Limits To Commercial Fisherman

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Possible Shut Down Of Our Fluke Fishery

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Penns Landing Boating Safety Day

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Two New Bedford Boats Rescued By Coast Guard

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Coast Guard Units In New Jersey

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STORM SINKS PIRATE SHIP IN BAHAMAS

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Coast Guard Working To Save Humpback Whale

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Possible Shut Down Of Our Fluke Fishery

From Russ Mehalick, Lagoon View Yacht Club

Could you pass this along to all of the LVYC members and any other fluke fisherman you might know. I'm not sure if you have heard what is going on but our wonderful government officials are trying to shut down our fluke fishery because of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This act was originally supposed to help rebuild the fluke stock but the time frame that was written into the act is an arbitrary number that some rocket scientist came up with which is an estimate of the fluke stock from back in the 1920's before records were even kept. This is not attainable in the time frame listed in the act and because of this we will be seeing a smaller harvest of fluke this coming year 2008 (i.e. shorter season, larger minimum size, and fewer fish per day) and if we go over our quota this year the wonderful government officials will close the season entirely in 2009. I am not going to preach on my podium any further at this point but I think all of the fisherman out there need to check out this website for more information and we all need to get together to fight this as they are also looking to do this to several other fisheries like seabass, tog and scup also. Soon we will not be able to fish for anything.

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Thanks,
Russ Mehalick

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Penns Landing Boating Safety Day

!!! Penns Landing Boating Safety Day !!! Penns Landing is planning on having a Boating Safety Day this summer on June 1st Meetings are scheduled and plans are in the making for Land & Water Demonstrations regarding safety issuses as well as a CPR demonstration. Last year there was a helicopter brought in to do a water rescue demonstration which would be interesting to see again. The DRYL will in some way contribute to this event so if anyone has any ideas or would like to volunteer some time on this event please contact me at pjusino@comcast.net. Juice (215) 396-1021

 

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STORM SINKS PIRATE SHIP IN BAHAMAS

STORM SINKS PIRATE SHIP IN BAHAMAS BoatU.S. Rental Emergency Beacon and Good Samaritans Save Crew of Five ALEXANDRIA, VA, March 3, 2008 - A rented emergency rescue beacon from the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and good Samaritans aboard a local dive boat helped prevent the loss of five lives aboard a weather beaten "pirate" ship that took on water and sank Wednesday, February 27 near the Bahamas. The Treasure Seeker, a 65-foot, diesel-powered pirate ship replica was being relocated from St. Petersburg, FL to a new business location in St. Thomas, USVI when it experienced stormy sea conditions on the evening of February 26. A routine crew check early Wednesday morning found water rising in the bilge and after it was determined it could not be fixed, the Treasure Seeker's captain activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) which had been acquired through the BoatU.S. EPIRB Rental Program. Unbeknownst to Treasure Seeker's crew, the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami, FL received the EPIRB's distress signal - which includes GPS location information - and immediately relayed the emergency call to local mariners in the Bahamas. The 104-foot dive boat SV Juliet, which was departing Turks and Caicos at the time, heard the USCG call and diverted 45 miles to the sinking boat's location and safely removed all five persons from Treasure Seeker. Soon afterward, with a USCG helicopter hovering on scene, the twin-masted excursion vessel disappeared below the waves. There was no time to salvage any of the crew's personal possessions. The SV Juliet then safely returned Treasure Seeker's crew to Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos. The captain of the "pirate" ship later commented that without the EPIRB from BoatU.S., the rescue most likely would not have been successful because the only other calls for help - May Days sent over the vessel's VHF radio - never received a response. The BoatU.S. Foundation EPIRB Rental Program is funded by the voluntary contributions of 650,000 BoatU.S. members. The $750 EPIRBs can be rented from the Foundation for as little as $40 a week, and are intended to fill the short-term safety need for occasional offshore passages. For more information, call 888-663-7472 or visit http://www.BoatUS.com/foundation/epirb

 

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Understanding Risk of Collision for the Recreational Boater

By Captain Andrew F. Seligman

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Two New Bedford boats rescued by Coast Guard

Two New Bedford fishing vessels were safe Wednesday night after the Coast Guard responded with two separate rescues.

The Tropico, an 81-foot commercial fishing boat with a crew of six, began taking on water about 35 miles east of Chatham early Wednesday morning.

The Tropico was able to pump out the water with the Coast Guard's help and returned to New Bedford under its own power with a Coast Guard escort, said Petty Officer Luke Pinneo, a Coast Guard spokesman. The boat arrived in New Bedford at 6:30 p.m.

The boat's crew had radioed the Coast Guard at 5:40 a.m. to report that the boat was flooded and that onboard pumps weren't working. They had donned their survival suits and were prepared to activate the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon if needed, Petty Officer Pinneo said.

They never lost communication and did not use the beacon, he said.

The Coast Guard launched a helicopter from the Cape Cod Air Station and a 32-foot boat from Station Chatham, which arrived at the scene about 8:30 a.m. They were able to transfer two pumps onto the distressed boat and successfully pump out the water.

Several hours later, the propeller on the 88-foot Moragh K, a stern trawler, became fouled, and the boat was drifting about 75 miles east of Chatam.

The Moragh K's crew radioed for assistance, and the Coast Guard put out a radio-based marine assistance broadcast, asking if any nearby vessels could assist the Moragh K, according to a Coast Guard press release. No one responded.

A New Jersey-based Coast Guard vessel reached the Moragh K about noon and started towing the boat toward Cape Cod Bay, the release stated.

The Coast Guard vessel was scheduled to be relieved by a commercial vessel this morning, and the boat should arrive in Cape Cod Bay sometime today, according to a Coast Guard spokesman.

Standard-Times staff writer Brian Boyd contributed to this report.

Contact Charis Anderson

at canderson@s-t.com


 

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Coast Guard Units in New Jersey and North Carolina Respond to Multiple Cases Overnight

PORTSMOUTH, Va.-Coast Guard units in New Jersey and North Carolina responded to multiple cases last night, including two search and rescue cases and two requests for offshore medical evacuations.

By this morning, personnel in the Coast Guard Fifth District located and assisted four people in a disabled pleasure craft and airlifted a sick crewman from a commercial fishing vessel.

The evenings first search and rescue case involved a 26-foot sailing vessel from Norfolk, Va., with one person, David Frazer, aboard. Frazers father notified the Coast Guard last night that his son was en route from Norfolk to Florida, and he had not heard from him since Dec. 3, when he called from Morehead City, NC. The sailors phone records indicate that he last made a cell phone call on Sunday in the vicinity of Atlantic Beach, NC. Coast Guard units in North and South Carolina are checking with local marinas and boaters to try and locate Frazer and his green-and-white, unnamed vessel.

Shortly after receiving the call about Frazier, the Coast Guard responded to another search and rescue call from a North Carolina man who reported that a friends 19-foot pleasure craft was disabled in the vicinity of the Little River in the Albemarle Sound, but the caller could not find the vessel. Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City, NC, established communications with the missing boat, which had been fishing with four people aboard, including a 12-year-old child, when its engine became disabled. The station launched a 25-foot response boat, which located the stricken vessel and towed it back to the station.

Later that evening, the Coast Guard received two calls from commercial fishing vessels offshore whose crewmen who were experiencing medical emergencies. The fishing vessel Atlantic Runner reported that a man on board had had a heart attack 10 to 12 nautical miles off of Cape Lookout, NC, and CPR failed to revive him. A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Sector North Carolina and the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island responded to the fishing vessel, where they found the crewmember already deceased. The Block Island escorted the fishing vessel into Fort Macon, NC.

The Coast Guard also received a request for medical assistance from the commercial fishing vessel Leader, which was 45 nautical miles southeast of Cape May, NJ. The vessel reported that a 46-year-old crewmember was experiencing abdominal pains and was vomiting. An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City, NJ, responded, hoisting the injured man aboard and returning him to the Air Station, where an ambulance took him to a local hospital.

The Coast Guard also continues to search for the sailboat Pride, which left from Lewes, Del., on Nov. 30 for Panama, and did not check in as scheduled on Dec. 2. A C-130 Hercules was launched this morning from Air Station Elizabeth City, NC, to continue the search off the coast of North Carolina.

 

 

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