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Lobster Boat Tracking Coming to Protect Whales, Fishery
By Patrick Whittle. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing businesses could be subjected to electronic tracking requirements to try to protect vulnerable right whales and get a better idea of the population of the valuable crustaceans. An arm of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, an interstate regulatory authority,… SEE MORE
Record Salmon in One Place. Barely Any in Another. Alarm All Around.
By Victoria Petersen. This summer, fishers in the world’s largest wild salmon habitat pulled a record-breaking 65 million sockeye salmon from Alaska’s Bristol Bay, beating the 2018 record by more than three million fish. But on the Yukon River, about 500 miles to the north, salmon were alarmingly absent. This summer’s chum run… SEE MORE
Global Sizzling: July was Hottest Month on Record, NOAA Says
By Seth Borenstein. Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced. As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United States and Europe, the globe averaged 62.07 degrees (16.73 degrees Celsius) last month, beating out the previous record set in July 2016 and tied again… SEE MORE
Northwest Sizzles as Heat Wave Hits Many Parts of US
By Gillian Flaccus. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Volunteers and county employees set up cots and stacked hundreds of bottles of water in an air-conditioned cooling center in a vacant building in Portland, Oregon, one of many such places being set up as the Northwest sees another stretch of sizzling temperatures.… SEE MORE
Bay Scallop Season Opens August 16 in St. Joseph Bay/Gulf County
Recreational bay scallop season for Gulf County (including all of St. Joseph Bay) opens Aug.16 and will remain open through Sept. 24. This region includes all state waters from the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the westernmost point of St. Vincent Island in Franklin County. Please continue to monitor… SEE MORE
Tropical Storm Fred Forms in Atlantic
By Megan Kearney and Alexa Silverman. Tropical Storm Fred developed just south of Puerto Rico late Tuesday night, the National Hurricane Center confirmed. The hurricane center is issuing advisories on Fred, which is expected to impact the Caribbean this week, and potentially Florida beginning Friday. Heavy rains and gusty winds are beginning to spread across Puerto Rico… SEE MORE
USCG Sector Key West sets Port Condition Whiskey for Tropical Storm Fred
KEY WEST, Fla. — Effective 11 a.m. Tuesday, the Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Key West (COTP) set port condition Whiskey for the Port of Key West due to the expectation of sustained gale force winds of 25 mph and gusts up to 40 mph generated from Tropical Storm Fred that… SEE MORE
5 Things to Know About the New UN Report on Climate Change
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.-appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a new report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information about global warming. Here are five important takeaways. BLAMING HUMANS The report says almost all of the warming that has occurred since pre-industrial times was caused by the release of heat-trapping… SEE MORE
Melting Ice Imperils 98% of Emperor Penguin Colonies by 2100
By Christina Larson. WASHINGTON (AP) — With climate change threatening the sea ice habitat of Emperor penguins, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. “The lifecycle of Emperor penguins is tied to having stable sea ice, which… SEE MORE
Fishing 101: Navigating The World Of Fishing Hooks
By Adam Young of panfishnation.com Navigating The World Of Fishing Hooks - Which Ones To Use & When? Take a look in your local bait and tackle shop and you're likely to see an entire section dedicated to different types of fishing hooks. Hundreds of varieties exist today for every specialized… SEE MORE
Forecasters: Hurricane Season to be Busier than 1st Thought
By Seth Borenstein. After a record start, followed by a near-silent July, the Atlantic hurricane season looks like it will be busier than meteorologists predicted a few months ago. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday updated its outlook for the 2021 Atlantic season, slightly increasing the number of named storms… SEE MORE
NOAA Announces 2022 Grant Opportunity for Marine Debris Removal
The NOAA Marine Debris Program recently announced their FY 2022 Marine Debris Removal notice of funding opportunity. Projects awarded through the removal grant competition will create long-term, quantifiable ecological habitat improvements for NOAA trust resources, with priority consideration for efforts targeting derelict fishing gear, abandoned and derelict vessels, and other… SEE MORE
