Category: Coastal News

Green seaweed Turimetta south, Caulerpa filiformis by Wikkicommons

Is Seaweed the Next Big Alternative to Meat?

9/13/2023 - By smithsonianmag.com From kelp burgers to bacon of the sea, sustainable food entrepreneurs are innovating to charm hungry omnivores When vertebrates first heaved themselves out of the sea some 390 million years ago, terrestrial life was good: the atmosphere was rich with oxygen, and competition for food was virtually nonexistent.… SEE MORE

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A GOES-16 (GOES East) visible satellite image of Hurricane Don at 6:20 PM EDT on July 22, 2023 in the Atlantic. Don was the first hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. (Image credit: NOAA)

Hurricane Lee Turns North Past Bermuda as it Aims for New England and Atlantic Canada

9/13/2023 - By AP News. Hurricane Lee began to spin away from the northern Caribbean on Wednesday as the Category 2 storm left big waves in its wake and aimed for New England and Atlantic Canada. The storm was located about 420 miles (675 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda. It had winds of… SEE MORE

Gray whale mother and her calf on their northbound migration.

Gray Whale Calf Count Increases from All-time Low, Positive Sign for the Population

9/12/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Almost twice as many gray whale calves swam north with their mothers to their Arctic feeding grounds this spring compared to last year, according to a new count completed by NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center. The results suggest that the eastern North Pacific population of gray whales that migrate… SEE MORE

Gray Whales

Despite the Ongoing Drought, Water Levels Remain High on the Great Lakes

9/11/2023 - By greatlakesscuttlebutt.com. The ongoing drought that has plagued Wisconsin over the last couple of months has had little to no impact on the water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior remain well above… SEE MORE

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Saltwater Fly Fishing by Wallpaperuse.com

Interested In Saltwater Fly Fishing?

9/10/2023 - By takemefishing.org. Many people new to recreational angling wonder about fly fishing, which is one component of the whole sportfishing pie, and assume that this activity is just associated with using insect imitations and fishing for freshwater trout. But what about saltwater fly fishing? Can you fly fish in saltwater?… SEE MORE

Big coho by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Big Coho run on the Kuskokwim River – but not Many Fishermen

9/9/2023 - By nationalfisherman.com. Following the unsuccessful chinook and chum salmon runs, a multitude of coho salmon have made their way to the Kuskokwim River. However, there is no one available to harvest them, except for a lone commercial fisherman who possesses the required permits to operate as a catcher-processor. The once-lucrative… SEE MORE

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GodwinPaya, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Sand Dredging is ‘Sterilizing’ Ocean Floor, UN Warns

9/8/2023 - By reuters.com. GENEVA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Around 6 billion tons of marine sand is being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N. agency said is unsustainable and can wipe out local marine life irreversibly. Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world after… SEE MORE

Marine Debris

Photographed in Southport, North Carolina in Brunswick County near the mouth of the Cape Fear by flickr.

U.S. Shrimping Communities Seek Disaster Declaration Over Low Prices

9/7/2023 - By nationalfisherman.com. Pounded by dockside prices under $1 a pound, southern U.S. shrimp fishermen and their elected officials are calling for state and federal declarations of a fishery disaster over what they say is dumping of foreign shrimp on the U.S. market. “Due to the influx of imported shrimp entering… SEE MORE

Superstorm Sandy damage in Seaside Heights New Jersey by Wikicommons.

The Tiny Craft Mappings Superstroms at Sea

9/6/2023 - By nytimes.com. Throughout history, most sea captains have tried to steer their vessels out of extreme weather, but the whole purpose of SD 1045 was to steer into it. “The goal was not just to get into the hurricane but to get to the strongest quarter,” Jenkins said as we… SEE MORE

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Flounder Fishing – An Expert’s Guide

9/5/2023 - By greatdaysoutdoors.com. As I slowly drifted a live shrimp over shallow mud and oyster bottom near Dauphin Island, Alabama, my cork just stopped, as if it was hung on the bottom. I tightened my line to dislodge the snag only to feel a tap on the other end. As I… SEE MORE

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