Category: Coastal News

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America’s Port Crisis Threatens Delays to Holiday Deliveries

10/19/2021 - By John Loeffler. Cargo ships carrying hundreds of thousands of shipping containers full of holiday gifts, electronics, decorations, and more are languishing off the coasts outside America's largest ports, threatening to disrupt this year's Black Friday and holiday shopping season — and there might be worse in store in the… SEE MORE

7 Ways to Celebrate National Seafood Month

10/18/2021 - By NOAA Fisheries. Temperatures are cooling, leaves are changing colors, and the smell of pumpkin spice fills the air—all signs of fall in the United States! This time of year is meaningful for many reasons. At NOAA Fisheries, it’s a time to celebrate seafood because October is National Seafood Month.… SEE MORE

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Nothing Funny About Bad Year for Maine’s Clownish Puffins

10/18/2021 - By Patrick Whittle. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s beloved puffins suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades this summer due to a lack of the small fish they eat. Puffins are seabirds with colorful beaks that nest on four small islands off the coast of Maine. There… SEE MORE

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California OKs New Protections for Leatherback Sea Turtles

10/17/2021 - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has added the Pacific leatherback sea turtle to its endangered species list, guaranteeing more protections for a rapidly dwindling population. The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to add the turtles under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The world’s largest turtle species have been… SEE MORE

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Wildfire Rages in Southern California Coastal Mountains

10/14/2021 - SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire raging through Southern California coastal mountains threatened ranches and rural homes and kept a major highway shut down Wednesday as the fire-scarred state faced a new round of dry winds that raise the risk of infernos. The Alisal Fire covered more than 24… SEE MORE

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Strikes off Alaska Coast

10/12/2021 - JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska early Monday in what the Alaska Earthquake Center called an aftershock of a 8.2 quake from late July. Monday’s earthquake was felt throughout the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. It… SEE MORE

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U.S. Hit with 18 Billion-dollar Disasters so Far this Year

10/10/2021 - The United States saw an unprecedented 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the first nine months of the year, according to scientists with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information Not only was September 2021 quite warm, but it also brought with it devastating impacts from four of the… SEE MORE

Maine Institute gets $750K to Help State’s Marine Startups

10/10/2021 - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A research institute in Maine has been awarded $750,000 from the federal government to help marine startups. Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine said the Economic Development Administration awarded the money to Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland. She said the money will support the… SEE MORE

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Harbormaster Profile: Kathy Given of Belfast, Maine

10/8/2021 - Kathy Given, Belfast Harbormaster, has been working on the water in Maine for almost 28 years. We hope you will join us today at 4PM EST as we celebrate hardworking harbormasters across the country. [video width="1080" height="1920" mp4="https://www.usharbors.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KathyGiven_Belfast.mp4"][/video] https://www.usharbors.com/2021/10/celebrate-national-harbormaster-appreciation-day-live-on-october-8th-with-us-harbors/ SEE MORE

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FY 2022 Grant Opportunity for Marine Debris Prevention Projects

10/7/2021 - The NOAA Marine Debris Program is proud to announce our FY 2022 Marine Debris Prevention notice of funding opportunity. NOAA will fund prevention projects that actively engage and educate a target audience (such as students, teachers, industries, etc.) in hands-on programs designed to raise awareness, reduce barriers to marine debris… SEE MORE