Image: Wild Fish Conservancy. Alaska officials have filed a new motion with the Ninth Circuit Court for a stay of the district court’s vacatur order of the incidental take statement (ITS) for the Southeast Alaska winter and summer commercial Chinook salmon troll fishery. That action this past week (May 26) came on the heels of […]
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Swapping a Sterndrive for an Outboard Older boats are getting a new life as outboard repowers soar. When the sterndrive engine, aka inboard/outboard (I/O), gave out on Kevin Peterson’s Chaparral, he was faced with either buying a new boat or replacing the I/O engine. Neither option was appealing, but Peterson didn’t want to spend the […]
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The Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF) hosted its 2023 Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in the Riverview Ballroom on May 24 for its members, local elected officials, and community business leaders. The event kicked off as Lori Wheeler, Vice President of the Marine Industries Association of […]
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A new report into the UK leisure boat industry has revealed the extent of the post-Covid bounce back… The UK boating industry is prospering in both domestic and international markets British Marine’s Key Performance Indicators Report for 2021/2022 show that total industry revenue grew by 25% during the year to £4.23 billion, 6.5% above its […]
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The 26-foot Sea Pro center console covered 940 miles on a new sustainable fuel offered by VP Racing. Courtesy Suzuki/Ron Ballanti Editor’s Note: Boating Contributing Editor, Capt. John Page Williams joined Team Suzuki for a leg of this trip, running right into Washington, DC. A naturalist, licensed captain and award-winning journalist, Williams is working on […]
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Red king crab. Photo: NOAA Fisheries. Congress has appropriated over $220 million to address fishery disasters that occurred in multiple Alaska and Washington fisheries from 2019 through 2023. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced the allocation on May 19, noting the devastating effects these disasters have had on local communities in both states, and on the […]
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We’ve all heard the newscasts and seen the headlines, red tide is coming, fish are dying, ecosystems are being decimated. OK, but what exactly is red tide? Red tide is not a tidal event per se, it is a natural, organic phenomenon that occurs when there is a high concentration of microscopic marine algae, specifically […]
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NMMA recently announced new data which found the annual economic impact of recreational boating increased 36%, from $170B in 2018 to $230B in 2023. The industry’s contributions to the U.S. workforce grew as well, with an 18% increase in jobs supported, from 691,000 in 2018 to more than 812,000 in 2023. Conducted by John Dunham […]
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