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Seabirds Can Help Predict the Size of Fish Stocks—If Only We’d Listen
By Abby McBride. The scientists who study terns, puffins, and other fish-eating birds are trying to get fisheries managers to heed their warnings. In 2015, fisheries managers monitoring Atlantic herring in the waters off the United States and Canada made a grave miscalculation. Things were looking good for the multimillion-dollar… SEE MORE
At Sharkathon, Shark Fishers Are a Keen Audience for Conservation Advice
By Claudia Geib. Catch-and-release fishing can kill sharks. But fishers will work to limit the damage—once they know how.Every fall, more than 900 recreational anglers in Texas gather their gear and wade into the blood-warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico for Sharkathon. In this four-day catch-and-release shark fishing tournament,… SEE MORE
December Report: Striper Fishing in Long Island, NY
By On The Water. Northerly autumn winds kept the south shore surf calm and deceitfully inviting that Saturday morning. It was in mid-November, but even under sunny blue skies, the morning chill made it feel like late December. With a frigid 8 to 10-knot wind at my back, it felt like… SEE MORE
Are Sea Cucumbers a Cleanup Solution to Fish Farm Pollution?
By Yale School of the Environment. Seafood farm operators are breeding and deploying sea cucumbers to vacuum up the massive amounts of fish waste that pose a major problem for their industry. It is part of an effort to redesign fish farms with multiple species so that they work more like… SEE MORE
Widening Safety: FISH Wellness Act Helps Fishing Communities
FISH Wellness Act can advance safety training and fishermen’s health programs In fishing families and communities across the country, respect for the ocean is a lesson handed down from one generation to the next. Safety training is becoming part of that tradition. “Fishing communities are close-knit by nature,” said Emily… SEE MORE
High Tide Flooding Outlook for December 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
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
All the Fish We Cannot See
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
The Tip of the Tong
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
Orange Beach boat lands potential record blue marlin
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
Our Recap of the 2023 Fort Lauderdale Boat Show
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
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
