Welcome to Yonges Island, SC

Yonges Island is located in Meggett, Charleston County, SC. The Wadmalaw River lies off its east and south coasts. The nearby town of Meggett was once a major railroad town that the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad passed through, ending at a wharf on Yonges Island, causing it to be an important region for transferring cargo from the waterway to the freight trains. Meggett also had strong agricultural roots that it maintains today, while the railways were eventually replaced by trucks transporting goods.

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The town of Yonges Island is at Mile 490.2. A boatyard at the town has marine railways that can handle craft up to 150 feet long and 350 tons, and mobile cranes up to 40 tons. The maximum draft at the railways is 12 feet.
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Two tributaries of North Edisto River, Wadmalaw River from eastward and Dawho River from westward, are part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
From Wappoo Creek, the route of the waterway is through Elliott Cut and Stono River to Wadmalaw River. The route of the waterway enters Wadmalaw River at Mile 486.7.

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In The Zone: The Sabre 51 Salon Express

By US Harbors When Sabre Yachts completed construction of hull number 200 of its 48 Salon Express model, more than half the crew who built it had also worked on hull number one. The average tenure on that line was 12 years, and they produced a yacht that proved to… Learn More

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NOAA Fisheries Announces $2.3 Million to Study Atlantic Mackerel with the Northeast Fishing Industry

6/11/2026

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA Fisheries is beginning a cooperative research initiative, partnering with the Northeast fishing industry to learn more about Atlantic mackerel population dynamics. The initiative will receive $2.3 million in the current fiscal year. The project will engage more than 50 fishing vessels to collect and analyze data… SEE MORE

Neskowin Creek, a salmon stream in Tillamook County, Oregon, flows out to the Pacific Ocean. Credit: Adobe Stock

Reconnecting Rivers Boosts Oregon Coast Coho Recovery

6/10/2026

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA Fisheries supports one of the most ambitious salmon restoration projects on Oregon’s coast: the Salmon SuperHwy. This partnership of more than a dozen organizations works across the Tillamook, Nestucca, and Sand Lake watersheds. It works to restore fish passage at dozens of stream barriers, such as failing… SEE MORE

Image Credits: The Australian Institute of Marine Science.

WHOI Develops Tool to Predict Coral Bleaching Months Before It Strikes

6/9/2026

By whoi.edu, whoi.edu. A new forecasting tool from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution could give reef managers and coastal communities a five-to-six-month head start on one of the ocean’s most destructive events: coral bleaching. Called the Bleaching Event Early Predictor (BEEP), the system works by tracking three large-scale climate patterns in… SEE MORE

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