Author: US Harbors

StarKist Hit With $100 Million Fine in Tuna Price-Fixing Case

9/13/2019 - By Micah Maidenberg. StarKist Co. has been ordered to pay a $100 million penalty for its role in a conspiracy that prosecutors say inflated the prices consumers paid for canned tuna. The market leader for packaged tuna in the U.S., StarKist worked with rivals Bumble Bee Foods LLC and Chicken… SEE MORE

Washington Fishing Report Month of September

Fishing

9/13/2019 - Razor clams: Shellfish managers have tentatively scheduled an opening later this month at Long Beach and are still assessing digs for Twin Harbors, Copalis, and Mocrocks. Ocean salmon: There’s one month left in the summer salmon fishing season in Washington’s ocean waters. In marine areas 1 (Ilwaco) and 3 (La Push), anglers can retain… SEE MORE

Gov. DeSantis Requests $625 Million for Everglades Restoration

9/13/2019 - Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his request to the Florida Legislature of $625 million in recurring funding for the next three years for Everglades restoration and protection of Florida’s water resources. This funding will meet the $2.5 billion goal outlined in the Governor’s Bold Vision for a Brighter Future budget.… SEE MORE

Maryland Fishing Report Week of September 11th, 2019

Fishing

9/13/2019 - By Keith Lockwood. September is an exciting month for those who love the outdoors and fishing is usually at the top of the list. Mild late summer weather is providing exciting fishing opportunities across the Maryland landscape from the western mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. In the Chesapeake Bay, we… SEE MORE

Delaware Fishing Report Week of Sept 12th, 2019

Fishing

9/13/2019 - By Eric Burnley, Sr. Delaware Bay The hurricane only stayed around for one day and fishing pretty much picked back up where it left off. In the Upper Bay it is still white perch and catfish on bloodworms, clams or cut bait. Augustine Beach, the Submerged Jetty, Green’s Beach and… SEE MORE

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Harvest Moon. Image Courtesy of Roadcrusher. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvest_moon.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Rare Harvest Moon to Appear this Friday the 13th

Coastal News

9/11/2019 - By Gordon Johnston. The Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon, the Fruit Moon, the Barley Moon, the Corn Moon, the Mid-Autumn Festival Moon, the Chuseok Moon, the Modhu Purnima and the Binara Pura Pasalosvaka Poya. The Moon will be full early Saturday morning, Sept. 14, 2019, appearing "opposite" the Sun (in… SEE MORE

Higher-than-normal levels of bacteria prompted beach closures.

Elevated Levels of Bacteria Prompt Beach Closures

Coastal News

9/11/2019 - OREGON COAST (KPTV) - Health advisories were issued Tuesday for three Oregon beaches after water samples showed higher-than-normal levels of fecal bacteria. The Oregon Health Authority said the advisories affect Rockaway Beach and Neskowin Beach in Tillamook County and D River Beach in Lincoln County. The public, especially children and… SEE MORE

Crab Kings: Bering Sea Season Looks Strong Ahead of October Start

Fishing

9/11/2019 - By Laine Welch. Bering Sea crabbers got some good news in advance of the season opener in mid-October. “We’ve been told that we will have a Bering Sea red king crab season. We don’t know what the catch will be yet but we understand that it will be reduced from… SEE MORE

Inside the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado.

How Bits and Bytes of Data Become a Forecast

9/11/2019 - Every day in America, millions of people wake up with the same question on their minds, “What’s the weather today?” The US Department of Commerce found that the majority of Americans check the weather forecast 3.8 times per day, equating to 301 billion forecasts consumed per year! These days, we… SEE MORE

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Mayflower II docked in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower II Launched Into Water After 3-Year Restoration

Boating

9/11/2019 - By Jackie Bruno and Kaitlin McKinley Becker. A restored replica of the ship that pilgrims sailed to Plymouth in 1620 was launched into the water in Mystic, Connecticut, on Saturday for the first time in three years. On a sunny day in Mystic, with just enough wind to fill the… SEE MORE