Category: Culture

How to Love an Oyster

2/9/2024 - By Brendan Borrell. Most people, even those who know a thing or two about oysters and may perhaps enjoy eating them, have no idea that the sweet and buttery bivalves they are slurping down in San Francisco or Vancouver are not the native species of the West Coast but Japanese… SEE MORE

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New Wetland Park in Delaware Solves Decades of Flooding Issues

12/7/2023 - From NOAA's Office of Coastal Management. The Takeaway: A formerly contaminated area in Delaware has been turned into a park that restores and enhances existing wetlands, provides a recreation area for the community, and hosts a stormwater management facility that reduces flooding. A new 1,800-foot handicap-accessible route runs through the… SEE MORE

Fisherman in snow. Image from Canvas.com

Widening Safety: FISH Wellness Act Helps Fishing Communities

12/6/2023 - FISH Wellness Act can advance safety training and fishermen’s health programs In fishing families and communities across the country, respect for the ocean is a lesson handed down from one generation to the next. Safety training is becoming part of that tradition. “Fishing communities are close-knit by nature,” said Emily… SEE MORE

Suzuki Marina and Buccaneers Complete Beach Cleanup in Tampa

Suzuki Marine & Buccaneers Remove 210 Pounds of Trash From Tampa Beach

4/3/2023 - Tampa, FLA. — The partnership between Suzuki Marine USA and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers achieved an important new milestone yesterday, as Suzuki leadership, staff, and company volunteers teamed up with key representatives of the Buccaneers organization and regional non-profit Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful to remove trash from the beaches along… SEE MORE

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Latest Updates: What’s Happening With Daylight Saving Time?

3/6/2023 - By Eric Suni. For much of the United States, daylight saving time is set to start again at 2 a.m. local time on March 12, 2023, — despite efforts to legislate out the time change. On March 15, 2022, just days after clocks were adjusted to “spring forward,” the U.S.… SEE MORE

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Environmental impacts of increasing leisure boating activity in Mediterranean coastal waters

2/23/2023 - By www.sciencedirect.com [caption id="attachment_44806" align="alignnone" width="512"] 1950s_boat_Gloucester_Massachusetts_USA_5336085003 via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Leisure boating is an important economic activity which is increasing in popularity worldwide, and the Mediterranean Sea is one of the most popular nautical tourism destinations in the world. While the overall ecological impacts of recreational boating on freshwater ecosystems… SEE MORE

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The Spanish town powered by waves

2/15/2023 - By www.bbc.com [caption id="attachment_44740" align="alignnone" width="512"] Ocean_waves via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] For centuries, inhabitants of the picturesque coastal town of Mutriku have drawn from the ocean's riches. Now they're harnessing its immense power. The Basque town of Mutriku owes its soul to the sea. It sits wedged into a bay carved… SEE MORE

Spider Crab, Paper Craft. NOAA FIsheries

Celebrate Winter With Four New Paper Snowflake Templates

12/21/2022 - By fisheries.noaa.gov Celebrate the most wonderful time of year with our adorable Woods Hole Science Aquarium paper snowflakes! Enjoy four new designs inspired by a few of our aquarium residents: Atlantic cod, chain dogfish, common spider crab, and diamondback terrapin. [caption id="attachment_44274" align="alignnone" width="648"] Paper Snowflake Templates, NOAA Fisheries[/caption] Get… SEE MORE

Shipwreck Off Patagonia is Likely Long Lost Whaler

9/6/2022 - By Eco Magazine. Scientists investigating the remains of an old wooden ship off the cold, windy coast of far southern Argentina say it almost certainly is the Dolphin, a globe-trotting whaling ship from Warren, R.I., lost in 1859. Archaeologists have spent years researching the ship's origin without making a definitive… SEE MORE

Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Designed by Victor S. McCloskey, Jr., using as source material a photograph of a portion of the mural by Lumen M. Winter located in the AFL-CIO building in Washington, DC., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Origins of Labor Day

9/5/2022 - By Craig Harris and Kelly Tyko USA Today. Labor Day for many Americans is a three-day weekend that marks the end of the summer and the start of the school year. Nowadays, the holiday might be celebrated with anything from swimming at a beach or pool, grilling, or watching the first college… SEE MORE