Author: parambhatia51

An Easy Fix for Faded Boat Registration Numbers on Your Dinghy

Boating

7/27/2026 - By Arnie Hammerman, best4boats.com. If your dinghy's registration numbers are peeling, fading, or falling off entirely, you're not alone — and there's a better solution than trying to paint or stick individual decals back on. A hands-on gear column from Best4Boats walks through a practical, long-lasting fix using custom-made number… SEE MORE

The NOAA Fisheries response team uses poles with specialized knives to cut entangling lines. Credit: Alaska Department of Fish and Game/Jamie Musbach (NOAA Fisheries Permit # 24359)

Humpback Whale Successfully Freed from Entanglement in Endicott Arm

7/26/2026 - By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. The Tracy Arm-Fords Terror wilderness, located 50 miles south of Juneau, Alaska, features a pair of steep glacial fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. While remote, the waters in this area see steady vessel traffic, ranging from massive cruise ships and small charter boats to commercial fishing… SEE MORE

Fontaine (center) frequently demonstrated seafood recipes on television programs. (Image credit: NOAA Magazine, Volume 2 Number 3, July 1972)

Lights, Camera, Seafood! Bertha Fontaine and the Fisheries Test Kitchen

7/25/2026 - By Noaa.gov, noaa.gov. The scene: Boxy television cameras point toward a brightly lit table. Plates of meticulously styled seafood ingredients sit between charming decorations. With her hair in a voluminous bouffant, an energetic woman in a neat dress and a long strand of pearls speaks to the camera in a… SEE MORE

Adelia Myrick harvesting kelp on her farm in Kodiak, Alaska.

Meet Alaska Sea Greens: Farmers, Fishers, and Homesteaders on Kodiak Island

7/24/2026 - By Fisheries.Noaa.Gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. If you want to visit Kodiak Island in Alaska, you have two options. You can take a flight from Anchorage, about 250 miles away, or take the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry from Homer, which takes about 10 hours. Kodiak is stunningly beautiful and very remote. For the… SEE MORE

2025 Species Recovery Grant Awardees Announced

7/23/2026 - By Fisheries.Noaa.Gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA awarded $4.2 million in funding to states and tribes through its Species Recovery Grant Program. These grants promote the recovery of species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. From these funds: $1.9 million supports six new awards to five states: Alaska, California, Florida,… SEE MORE

A recreational fisherman holds a Chinook salmon in the Canadian Yukon. Credit: Adobe Stock

Shedding New Light on Yukon River Chinook Salmon Declines

Ocean Science

7/22/2026 - By Fisheries.Noaa.Gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Yukon River Chinook salmon have been declining for decades. These declines have limited salmon harvest and posed hardships for local communities that depend on these fish for their food sovereignty, culture, and livelihoods. Adult run sizes recently reached their lowest point ever following a downturn from 2019… SEE MORE

Celebrating Habitat Month

7/21/2026 - By Fisheries.Noaa.Gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. July is Habitat Month at NOAA Fisheries! All month long, we’ll be sharing how we conserve and restore habitat to sustain our nation’s fisheries and support coastal communities. NOAA conserves habitats like wetlands, rivers, and coral reefs to support fisheries—but habitat isn’t valuable just for the home it provides for fish and wildlife.… SEE MORE

Back Aboard Tres Hombres: Sailing an Engineless Cargo Ship Through Europe’s Historic Trade Routes

7/15/2026 - By Jordan Harssen, best4boats.com. In an era of mega container ships and global supply chains, one 109-foot brigantine is making the case — voyage by voyage — that wind-powered cargo shipping isn't just a relic of the past. The Tres Hombres, operated by Fair Transport out of the Netherlands, has… SEE MORE

Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Story of Octopus Intelligence Set in the Pacific Northwest

7/14/2026 - By Janet Green Hammerman, best4boats.com. The Netflix adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt's bestselling novel Remarkably Bright Creatures is drawing renewed attention to one of the ocean's most fascinating inhabitants — the giant Pacific octopus. Set in a fictional Pacific Northwest coastal town, the story follows an aging widow, a drifting… SEE MORE

A black and white photo of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Quest, with a glacier in the background

Into the Deep: Alvin Dives to Shackleton’s and Scott’s Lost Ships in the North Atlantic

Ocean Science

7/9/2026 - By Ken Kostel, whoi.edu. Four decades after its legendary surveys of the Titanic, the submersible Alvin is heading back to the North Atlantic — this time to document two shipwrecks tied to the greatest names in polar exploration. WHOI's R/V Atlantis departed Woods Hole on July 2 carrying scientists, engineers,… SEE MORE