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News from Our Coasts: November 2020
NEWS & UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER News from Harbormasters News & Virtual Events from Our Partners Updates from Our Coastal Business Community Photos of the Month Cheers! We're getting our holiday mood on... We've gathered some of our favorite products, foods and books to delight everyone on your holiday list. Let us… SEE MORE
These Items in Your Home Are Harming America’s Sea Animals
By Catrin Einhorn. How severely the world’s plastic waste crisis is affecting marine wildlife is not fully understood, despite decades of research and gruesome images of whales’ bellies filled with plastic and a turtle with a straw lodged in its nostril. A new report by Oceana, a conservation group, illustrates some of what we know… SEE MORE
Slow Speed Zone SE of NYC to Protect Right Whales
In Effect Through December 2 NOAA Fisheries is triggering a Slow Zone (voluntary vessel speed restriction zone), southeast of New York City. This Slow Zone was triggered on November 17, 2020, when the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute acoustic monitoring buoy detected right whales in the New York Bight, New York. Mariners, please go around this… SEE MORE
New Project Pulls Plastics Out of the Great Lakes
By Sharon Oosthoek. An estimated 9,887 metric tonnes (22 million pounds) of plastics make their way into the Great Lakes every year. Now a new project aims not only to suck out some of that plastic but stop it from getting into the lakes in the first place. It began last summer with… SEE MORE
5 Tips for Buying a New or Used Boat
By Stacey Nedrow-Wigmore/BoatUS With families unable to spend their usual summer traveling, attending summer camp, or visiting friends and relatives due to the coronavirus pandemic, many more Americans turned to boating in 2020 than in years past. The National Marine Manufacturers Association reported that sales of new powerboats were up… SEE MORE
Free Pumpout Nav App – Your Go-To Guide for Sewage Disposal
Whether you are exploring new waterways or sailing comfortably in familiar territory, after a day on your vessel, you’ll want to find the most convenient location to dump at the pump before you return home. Now there’s an app for that, available in select regions of California, throughout Oregon and… SEE MORE
"Women on the Water": Linda Cornish Explains Why Eating Seafood is So Good for You & the Planet
Why is Eating Seafood Good for You, the Economy, and the Planet? Linda Cornish--Founder & President of the Seafood Nutrition Partnership--talks with Anastasia Fischer (President, US Harbors) about her passion for nutrition and health and how eating seafood can radically improve health, the economy, and the well-being of our planet.… SEE MORE
Survey Tracks COVID-19 Impacts on Fishermen
By Hannah Heimbuch. As the seafood industry responds and adapts to the effects of COVID-19, NOAA is working to fill in some information gaps in its economic impact surveys. One of those gaps is West Coast and Alaska seafood harvesters — folks on the East Coast have already been surveyed.… SEE MORE
Delaware Fishing Report Week of October 30th
By Eric Burnley, Sr. Delaware Bay Just legal rockfish are being caught from Augustine Beach to the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and the Broadkill River. They are hitting bloodworms, cut bunker, live eels and top-water plugs. A more common catch in the upper bay has been white perch on bloodworms.… SEE MORE
Celebrate National Seafood Month with a Few of Our Favorite Recipes
What better way to celebrate this National Seafood Month (October) than by cooking a few of our favorite simple, healthy and delicious seafood recipes at home? Whether it's Scallop, Shrimp or Halibut season we have something for everyone! Sautéed Scallops With Crushed Peppercorns [caption id="attachment_37188" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image Courtesy of… SEE MORE
Fishing 101: Special Fishing Laws in Maine
Please review this section to determine if the body of water you wish to fish has any special regulations that differ from the General Fishing Laws Seasons and Bag Limits or the General Fishing Laws. Note: If the body of water is not listed, then the General Fishing Seasons and Bag Limits and General Fishing Laws apply. Keep… SEE MORE
Seafood 101: Support Your Immune Health by Eating a Variety of Seafood
Now, more than ever, people are looking for ways to “boost” or support their immune system. Seafood, both fish and shellfish, provides essential nutrients to the body that keep the immune health functioning properly. An important step in staying healthy is eating a balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains,… SEE MORE