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Tom Richardson and Dave Dauer will be guests on Nautical Talk Radio this Sunday morning at 11:00. Host Capt. Lou Gainor will be talking with Tom and Dave about the upcoming boat show season and many other New England...
2 Arrested in CT for Illegal Shellfishing
TheHour.com: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police responded by vessel to an active commercial shellfishing complaint in Long Island Sound, Guilford, and cited 2 captains of Mid-Sound Fisheries, LLC for shellfishing violations....
River Trail Extension Considered in Bridgeport, CT
Bridgeport News: The Greater Bridgeport Regional Council, in cooperation with the City of Bridgeport, Connceticut, will conduct a public information meeting to present preliminary concept design plans and gather input on the extension of the Pequonnock River Trail. The...
Chatham, MA, Beach Cottage Supporters Fight Demolition
CapeCodeOnline: There needs to be more public review of the Cape Cod National Seashore‘s plans to demolish 5 park-owned cottages on North Beach Island, cottage supporters said Tuesday. “We need (Seashore Superintendent George Price) to go through the proper...
Rhode Island’s Tall Ship Moves to North Kingstown
Rhode Island’s Education-at-Sea School Ship, the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, tested the waters of Providence Harbor and upper Narragansett Bay on Monday, December 12, when it was launched at Sims Metal Management (formerly Promet Marine) in Providence and towed...
A Shipload of Spiders
Portland Press Herald: Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, says it had to fumigate a warehouse and part of a warship because a shipment of parts from California contained about 2-dozen venomous black widow spiders. Bath Iron...
RI Bridge Project Delayed by Turtles
EastByaRI.com reports that replacement of the White Church Bridge in Barrington, Rhode Island, has been delayed due to its potential effect on the migration of rare diamondback terrapins, an estuarine turtle that nests in Hundred Acre Cove. According to...
Bill Would Outlaw Pirate Seafood
A bill introduced in Congress on December 13 would prevent “pirate” fishing vessels from entering U.S. ports to offload their illegally caught seafood. This pirate fishing is often called “illegal, unreported and unregulated” (IUU) fishing. According to NOAA, illegal...
Lack of Sea Ducks May Point to Oyster Bed Destruction
Tom Andersen of the Connecticut Audubon Society reports on the suspicious absence of diving sea ducks—scoters, scaup, eiders—off Stratford Point in Long Island Sound, and says that it may point to the destruction of the local oyster beds caused...
New Requirements for Online Boating Safety Courses
According to BoaterExam.com, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) has confirmed that starting January 1, 2012, all online boating safety courses leading to state certifications will have a minimum study time requirement of 3 hours. Before...
