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Expert Tactics for Landing Trophy Seatrout in Coastal Waters

10/14/2025 - By Dave Lear, Published in sportfishingmag.com. Understanding microhabitat features and tidal flow patterns proves essential for anglers targeting trophy-sized seatrout in harbor-adjacent waters and shallow coastal environments. The specialized techniques employed by expert guides demonstrate how site selection and patient presentation strategies outweigh high-volume fishing approaches when pursuing double-digit specimens.… SEE MORE
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Expert Lure Selection Strategies for Harbor-Based Striped Bass Fishing

10/3/2025 - By Capt. Vincent Daniello, Published in sportfishingmag.com. Understanding regional fishing patterns and lure characteristics is essential for harbor-based anglers targeting striped bass in varying conditions. Professional charter captains' insights reveal how water conditions, structure, and seasonal patterns drive lure selection decisions that recreational harbor fishermen can apply to their local… SEE MORE
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Advanced ROV Technology Drives Pacific Northwest Shipwreck Exploration

9/27/2025 - By Norris Comer, Published in best4boats.com. The SS Pacific salvage operation demonstrates how modern maritime technology enables complex Deepwater recovery missions previously impossible for independent operators. The integration of custom ROV systems with specialized detection equipment illustrates the evolving capabilities available to smaller-scale maritime exploration ventures. A key part of… SEE MORE
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Celebrating Aquaculture Week: Farming from Tide to Table

9/25/2025 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Aquaculture Week 2025 offers a chance to learn how marine aquaculture—or farmed seafood—is vital for supporting our nation’s seafood production and jobs on the water, enhancing coastal resilience, and more. National Aquaculture Week celebrates increasing access to fresh seafood while protecting coastal resources. Seafood farming, if done responsibly… SEE MORE
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New York’s Multi-Tiered Coastal Funding Model Offers Template for Harbor Infrastructure Projects

9/24/2025 - By Claude Solnik, Published in fireislandnews.com New York's approach to financing long-term coastal resilience demonstrates how complex federal, state, and local partnerships can be structured to support major maritime infrastructure investments. The funding mechanism provides insights for other coastal regions seeking sustainable financing for harbor protection and maintenance projects. Federal… SEE MORE
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Aquaculture Opportunity Areas bolster America-first seafood production

9/19/2025 - By noaa.gov. Areas identified in Gulf of America and off California coast will drive American jobs, sustainable seafood farming. As part of NOAA’s commitment to prioritizing American seafood competitiveness, the agency has identified 13 Aquaculture Opportunity Areas totaling more than 21,000 acres in U.S. federal waters of the Gulf of America and… SEE MORE
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Alaska’s Aquaculture Challenges Highlight Infrastructure Needs for Remote Harbor Operations

9/17/2025 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Alaska's oyster farming challenges highlight critical infrastructure gaps in Southeast Alaska's harbor facilities and maritime networks supporting remote aquaculture operations. Alaska's expanding oyster farming industry faces unique operational challenges that mirror broader issues affecting harbor facilities and maritime logistics in extreme northern environments. These constraints have significant implications… SEE MORE
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Hurricane Erin Demonstrates Critical Maritime Coordination for Port Safety

9/16/2025 - Hurricane Erin demonstrated how proactive federal coordination successfully protected East Coast ports and maritime traffic from distant storm threats. [caption id="attachment_51392" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] Image Credits: NOAA.[/caption] In “Hurricane Erin Demonstrates Critical Maritime Coordination for Port Safety” NOAA, published in noaa.gov. (Sep 10, 2025), it is stated: Hurricane Erin's passage near… SEE MORE
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U.S. Champions Sustainable Tuna Fisheries in Eastern Pacific, Boosting American Fishermen and Conservation

9/12/2025 - By noaa.gov. The United States took a bold leadership role last week at the annual Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) meeting, driving innovative measures to sustainably manage tuna fisheries in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Under the guidance of NOAA’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries, Andrew Lawler, the U.S.… SEE MORE
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Study Links More Frequent and Severe Heat Waves to Pollution from Major Fossil Fuel Producers

9/10/2025 - By Isabella O'Malley. Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions from 180 major cement, oil and gas producers contributed significantly to all of the heat events considered in the study, which was published in the journal… SEE MORE