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Shipping’s Smaller Operators Most Susceptible to the Coronavirus Financial Impact

Coastal News

3/2/2020 - By Costas Paris. This was supposed to be a year of recovery for the world’s oceangoing shipping companies, with trading peace in major markets providing a new period of stability for cargo carriers. Maritime operators instead are facing their biggest challenge since the 2009 financial crisis. Many companies are struggling… SEE MORE

A Day-trip to Oyster Bay, Long Island

3/2/2020 - Early in the new year I had the pleasure of returning to my hometown for a day of family-friendly activities along the Oyster Bay shore. Oyster Bay was one of the runners-up in our Best Harbor 2019 competition and has been on a campaign to revitalize the downtown over the… SEE MORE

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Maine Lobster Festival Accepting Applications for 2020 Maine Sea Goddess Pageant

Coastal News

3/2/2020 - Information Courtesy of penbaypilot.com The Maine Lobster Festival is looking for 20 young women to serve as Sea Princesses and compete for the title of Maine Sea Goddess at the 2020 Maine Lobster Festival. This is a tradition that dates back to 1948 when Ruth Roberts Danzig was crowned the… SEE MORE

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Delaware Fishing Report Week of February 27th, 2020

Fishing

2/28/2020 - By Eric Burnley, Sr. Delaware Bay More yellow perch reports from the St. Jones and the Leipsic rivers. Blood and earthworms plus live minnows remain the top baits. Fish them on bottom rigs or on a jighead or shad dart that you can bounce across the bottom. Look for the… SEE MORE

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Crabbing & Clamming Regulation Updates – February, 2020

Fishing

2/26/2020 - These are in-season regulation changes adopted on a temporary or emergency basis. Please see e-regulations for permanent regulations. DUNGENESS CRAB Recreational crabbing is open in bays and estuaries, and on beaches, docks, piers, and jetties along the entire Oregon coast from the Columbia River to the California border, For recreational crab harvesters, it is recommended that… SEE MORE

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Lake Michigan Fishing Report – Week of Feb 24th, 2020

Fishing

2/26/2020 - Ice Safety There is no such thing as safe ice. You cannot judge the strength of ice by one factor like its appearance, age, thickness, temperature, or whether the ice is covered with snow. Ice seldom freezes uniformly and can vary greatly in different areas of the same waterbody. It… SEE MORE

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A Mini Mississippi River May Help Save Louisiana’s Vanishing Coast

2/26/2020 - By John Schwartz. We were standing on the levee of the Mississippi River, about an hour west of Boston. Of course, the actual Mississippi River is a half-continent away. We were in fact in a vast, warehouse-size laboratory above a scale model of a bend in the river in Louisiana,… SEE MORE

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New Campaign Encourages Women to Join Maritime Professions

2/26/2020 - By Rupert Neate. Jenny Matthews and Natasha Ambrose are embarking on an unusual world tour: encouraging schoolgirls to consider careers as superyacht captains. Matthews and Ambrose, who are both first officers on superyachts, a role that includes helming the vessels, said they decided to launch a scheme dedicated to encouraging… SEE MORE

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Striped Bass Conservation Regulations Set for Spring 2020

Fishing

2/24/2020 - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced new striped bass conservation measures for the Spring 2020 fishing season to meet a coast-wide conservation target. The 2018 benchmark stock assessment for striped bass indicated declines, so the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has determined that conservation measures are needed for the 2020 fishing season.… SEE MORE

Snook Opens to Recreational Harvest March 1st in Some Gulf Waters

Fishing

2/24/2020 - The recreational harvest season for snook opens March 1 in some Gulf waters, including Escambia through Hernando counties, and waters south of Gordon Pass in Collier County through Monroe County (also includes Everglades National Park). Snook remains catch-and-release only in state waters from the Hernando/Pasco county line south through Gordon… SEE MORE

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