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New Campaign Encourages Women to Join Maritime Professions
By Rupert Neate. Jenny Matthews and Natasha Ambrose are embarking on an unusual world tour: encouraging schoolgirls to consider careers as superyacht captains. Matthews and Ambrose, who are both first officers on superyachts, a role that includes helming the vessels, said they decided to launch a scheme dedicated to encouraging… SEE MORE
Striped Bass Conservation Regulations Set for Spring 2020
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced new striped bass conservation measures for the Spring 2020 fishing season to meet a coast-wide conservation target. The 2018 benchmark stock assessment for striped bass indicated declines, so the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has determined that conservation measures are needed for the 2020 fishing season.… SEE MORE
Snook Opens to Recreational Harvest March 1st in Some Gulf Waters
The recreational harvest season for snook opens March 1 in some Gulf waters, including Escambia through Hernando counties, and waters south of Gordon Pass in Collier County through Monroe County (also includes Everglades National Park). Snook remains catch-and-release only in state waters from the Hernando/Pasco county line south through Gordon… SEE MORE
Cause of Baltimore Inner Harbor Oil Spill Unclear
By Neal Augenstein. The source of the oil spill that left reddish fuel oil atop Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Saturday has not been determined, but Maryland environmental officials don’t believe there is reason to be concerned about an ongoing leak. “We do not know the source,” said Jay Apperson, spokesman for… SEE MORE
New Bedford Declared Nation's Richest Port
By The Standard-Times. New Bedford’s reign as the most valuable port in the country reached 19 straight years as NOAA released its report on U.S. Fisheries for 2018. U.S. fishermen landed 9.4 billion pounds of fish valued at $5.6 billion at ports around the nation — consistently high figures on… SEE MORE
Peconic Jitney May Return This Summer
By Kate Nalepinski. A ferry service operating between Sag Harbor and Greenport may return this summer. In June 2012, Hampton Jitney launched an 83-day pilot program for Peconic Jitney, a 125-passenger ferry service that linked the villages of Sag Harbor and Greenport. At that time, ferry service cost $20 for… SEE MORE
The Power of Choice: MJM Yachts Optimizes the MJM 43z for Triple Outboards or Inboard IPS Pod Drives
Voters aren’t the only ones with the power of choice this year. Now MJM Yachts and noted naval architect Doug Zurn team up to offer boaters the power of Mercury Verado 300 or 400 hp engines, or Volvo’s 500 or 650 IPS pod driven inboards in the MJM 43z. Each… SEE MORE
Microbes Point the Way to Shipwrecks
By Katherine Kornei. Off the coast of Mississippi, under 4,000 feet of water, a luxury yacht is slowly disintegrating. Marine creatures dart, cling and scuttle near the hull of the wreck, which has been lying undisturbed for 75 years. But there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to… SEE MORE
Michigan Fishing Report Week of February 20th, 2020
Southeast Lower Peninsula Detroit River: Boat anglers have caught yellow perch in Airport Bay. They are sorting through the small ones but still getting a few keepers. Those fishing the canals around Gibraltar are also getting some fish. Huron River: Boat and shore anglers are getting steelhead on Hot-n-Tots, small jigs with… SEE MORE
GIBY's NEW Big Rig
Great Island Boat Yard has just taken delivery of a NEW 60-ton hydraulic trailer, built by Hostar Marine. This new piece of equipment supports GIBY's continued growth and expands the yard's ability to handle larger vessel traffic. Typical refit and service projects at GIBY are on boats in the 45'… SEE MORE
20-Foot Great White Spotted Off Florida Coast
By Ed Killer. During a dive charter trip on Walker’s Dive Charters out of Riviera Beach on Tuesday, a group of scuba divers encountered a once-in-a-lifetime experience — a great white shark. The encounter took place near a spot known as The Breakers Reef, a location just one mile offshore… SEE MORE
Our Favorite Tide-Themed Romance Novels for Valentine's Day
What better way to add a little romance into your life than a tides-related romance novel to bring to the beach this summer? Check out some of our favorite titles below: Tides of Deception by Christy Barritt Change has come to Lantern Beach: a new police chief, a new… SEE MORE