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New Operator to Manage Charles River, MA, Boathouse New Operator to Manage Charles River, MA, Boathouse

Boston Globe: For decades, Charles River Canoe and Kayak has been moored to the state’s historic boathouse in Newton , offering paddling classes and renting equipment to scores of area families and boaters. But change is ahead. The company...

» May 7th, 2013
Body Found in Norwalk Harbor Body Found in Norwalk Harbor

TheHour.com: Norwalk Police are labeling the death of a 73-year-old city man whose body washed up Saturday morning at Veterans Memorial Park as “accidental.” Michael Cusick drowned Saturday morning after somehow falling in Norwalk Harbor while taking...

» May 7th, 2013
Oyster Illnesses Increase as More Oysters Eaten Oyster Illnesses Increase as More Oysters Eaten

CapeCodOnline: The state’s top shellfish biologist told shellfishermen gathered at Cape Cod Community College on Thursday night that they were victims of their own success. Oyster harvests have soared as the raw market expanded nationally over the...

» May 7th, 2013
Researchers to Track Singing Humpbacks in Northwest Atlantic Researchers to Track Singing Humpbacks in Northwest Atlantic

Northeast Fisheries Science Center: Male humpback whales sing complex songs in tropical waters during the winter breeding season, but they also sing at higher latitudes at other times of the year. NOAA researchers have provided the first detailed description...

» May 6th, 2013
Maine Joint Venture to Build NorseBoats Maine Joint Venture to Build NorseBoats

Four East Coast marine companies well known for innovation and quality have recently formed a joint venture. NorseBoat Limited, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, Hallett Canvas & Sails and Fawcett Designs are now collaborating to market, build and outfit the NorseBoat line...

» May 6th, 2013
New Hallville, CT, Fishway Dedicated New Hallville, CT, Fishway Dedicated

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Deputy Commissioner Macky McCleary joined representatives of the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) and other partners on May 3, 2013, to dedicate the new Hallville Fishway, which will allow alewives and...

» May 6th, 2013
Nantucket Loran Tower Being Removed Nantucket Loran Tower Being Removed

Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror: The decommissioned Coast Guard 625’-tall LORAN tower in Sconset will be taken down piece by piece over the next week , as contractors disassemble what was once the longest continuously-operated LORAN station in the...

» May 6th, 2013
Brothers Charged with Elver Poaching Brothers Charged with Elver Poaching

Portland Press Herald: New Hampshire Fish & Game officers have 2 men in custody and 2 buckets of baby eels as evidence of what they say is part of an international eel-poaching operation believed to be driven by a...

» May 6th, 2013
UMass Dartmouth Students Sample Trash Fish Meals UMass Dartmouth Students Sample Trash Fish Meals

SouthCoastToday: UMass Dartmouth students sampled four seafood species often described as under-appreciated by conservation groups and which a Plymouth company is trying to bring into university dining halls. “They’re fish (that) consumers should know more. They’ve never really been...

» May 5th, 2013
Final Plank to be Installed on Morgan Whaleship Final Plank to be Installed on Morgan Whaleship

The final plank will be installed on the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut. This plank is known as the “shutter” plank, as it “shuts...

» May 4th, 2013