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NMMA Backs Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration & Boating Trust Fund

6/13/2025 - By US Harbors On June 12, 2025, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D–MI) and Rob Wittman (R–VA) introduced legislation to renew the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”), a cornerstone federal program since 1950. Supported by NMMA President and CEO Frank Hugelmeyer, the fund is sustained by excise taxes… SEE MORE
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NOAA Ocean Outlook Projects Cooler Deep Waters for Gulf of Maine

6/1/2025 - By noaa.gov. The Gulf of Maine, historically one of the fastest-warming ocean regions in the world, is predicted to experience cooler bottom-water temperatures this spring and summer, according to a new experimental outlook developed by NOAA scientists. Initial signs of this shift were reported by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Centeroffsite link and… SEE MORE
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NOAA Predicts Above-Normal 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season

5/30/2025 - May 22, 2025 — NOAA, National Weather Service Forecasters within NOAA’s National Weather Service predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. Above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures set the stage.  NOAA’s outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which goes from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 30%… SEE MORE