Michael Day News

The U.S. Coast Guard has rejected comments by a Chinese diplomat that its recent boardings of Chinese fishing boats in the Pacific Islands alongside local police are illegal, saying the joint patrols are at the behest of Pacific nations to protect coastal fisheries.Reuters reported last month that six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu's fisheries law after being inspected by local police who were on board the first U.S. Coast Guard boat to patrol the waters of the Pacific Islands nation.China's Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong…

The U.S. Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel continue to respond to a fuel spill that occurred near Pier 45 at Fishman's Wharf in the San Francisco Bay Saturday. At 10:56 a.m., Saturday, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco personnel received a report that an undetermined amount of fuel oil was discharged into the water from the SS Jeremiah O'Brien. Coast Guard Incident Management Division personnel immediately dispatched a pollution response Federal On-scene Coordinator's Representative to confirm the report and assess on-scene conditions. Once on scene, the FOSCR confirmed the source of the fuel spill had been secured…

The Coast Guard received a report of an overturned outrigger canoe with six persons aboard Saturday. A good Samaritan in the area maintained a visual on the boaters and recovered two of the crewmembers in the water. Coast Guard Station Golden Gate launched a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat and retrieved the other four crew members. All six crewmembers were taken back to Station Golden Gate and transferred to local emergency medical technicians where they were reported in stable condition. The outrigger canoe was participating in the "Round the Rock Alcatraz Challenge". "The public often acts as the Coast Guard's eyes and ears on the water," said Capt. Michael Day, deputy commander, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco.