Category: Fishing

Seattle Washington waterfront during high tide flooding. Image from Canva.com

High Tide Flooding Outlook for December 2023

11/30/2023 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Predictions for December 2023 We're always amazed how NOAA's high tide flooding predictions change so significantly from month to month! This month the Pacific Northwest will see the most flooding, while Florida and the Southeast will be relatively spared. Important: These predictions do not account… SEE MORE

This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum

11/27/2023 - By propublica.org. Many endorse opening dams and letting fish coast the natural current as the best way to avoid extinction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has other ideas. To free salmon stuck behind dams in Oregon’s Willamette River Valley, here’s what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has in… SEE MORE

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All the Fish We Cannot See

11/26/2023 - By Moira Donovan. The ocean has a way of upending expectations. Four-story-high rogue waves peak and collapse without warning. Light bends across the surface to conjure chimeric cities that hover at the horizon. And watery wastelands reveal themselves to be anything but. So was the case for the scientists aboard… SEE MORE

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The Tip of the Tong

11/19/2023 - By Paul Molyneaux. Alabama oyster harvesters are glad to see their resource rebounding, even for a short season. Robbie Pollock married into the oyster business 43 years ago. “My wife’s daddy, Doody Peters, was the king of the oyster business back then,” says Pollock. “Back then, you couldn’t get into… SEE MORE

Blue Marlin | Catch of the day! 220lb. Blue Marlin | TravelingOtter | Flickr

Orange Beach boat lands potential record blue marlin

11/17/2023 - By DAVID RAINER. When word got around that Orange Beach boat "Best Trait" was headed to Orange Beach Marina with a huge blue marlin on board, a crowd quickly gathered at the marina to watch the weigh-in. As the 55-foot Viking sportfishing vessel owned by Scott Crump, of Jasper, arrived… SEE MORE

Boats at the 2023 Fort Lauderdale Boat Show. Image courtesy of MIASF.

Our Recap of the 2023 Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

11/15/2023 - By US Harbors. We had a great time at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show last month. The weather was spectacular: sunny with super strong, constant winds throughout the event. It was indeed the windiest show we’ve seen in the 5 years we’ve been covering the show, but since it kept… SEE MORE

High Tide Flooding Outlook for November 2023

11/13/2023 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Predictions for November 2023 NOAA is predicting possible high-tide flooding both in the middle, and at the end, of the month in various locations across the country. Although the high-tide flood outlook is a bit quieter than October, locations in the Galveston, Texas area may… SEE MORE

A groundbreaking study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reveals the shocking disappearance of billions of snow crabs in Alaska

Billions of Snow Crabs in Alaska Likely Vanished Due to Warm Ocean

11/2/2023 - By theguardian.com. The crabs starved to death en masse because the change in water temperature increased their caloric needs, according to the NOAA Warmer ocean temperatures have likely caused the sudden and shocking disappearance of billions of snow crabs in Alaska, which had previously baffled scientists and environmentalists, a new study has… SEE MORE

The fascinating thing with squid is that they rapidly change color

Fishing through the cracks: The unregulated nature of global squid fisheries

10/26/2023 - By science.org. Seafood represents one of the most widely traded food products globally (1, 2), yet the movements and activities of global industrial fishing fleets remain notoriously opaque. These fleets are characterized by limited oversight of their activities (3), a shifting landscape of national and international policy and regulation (4, 5), and… SEE MORE

Boat Cleaning Brush. Image provided by Kashmer Interactive.

5 Money-Saving Tips for Easy Boat Cleaning

10/20/2023 - By Captains Preferred Products. Your boat may be expensive, but your cleaning routine doesn’t have to be. Marine vessels are known to be income-draining (it’s a popular joke among owners that “boat” stands for “Bankruptcy on a Trailer”) but taking the right steps to preserve yours will increase both its… SEE MORE

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