New Haven Register: They looked small and harmless in the hands of University of New Haven students Wednesday afternoon. But sea squirts and Asian shrimp, 2 invasive marine species, could cause a great deal of damage to the shoreline’s...

EastBayRI.com: Rhode Island will welcome the research vessel Okeanos Explorer to its Quonset Point home port in dockside ceremonies there on October 17. That this newest member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet will do its...

Kennebec Journal: A new pier that can accommodate the world’s largest cruise ships will allow the port of Portland to grow the number of ships that visit each year, city officials said today. The 1,200’ Ocean Gateway Pier II...

Knox Village Soup: Forty racers made their way around Rockland Harbor, Maine, on 25 different rowing, paddling and sculling vessels during The Apprenticeshop’s 2011 Short Ships Rowing Regatta on September 10. It was the 36th time the event has...

A group of young sailors recently perfected their sailing know-how—along with their swimming abilities and safe boating skills —as part of Greenwich’s Young Mariners Class of 2011. The group was honored at a special ceremony at the Riverside Yacht...

U.S. Coast Guard Station Brant Point rescued a man at approximately midnight, Friday, after his vessel ran aground and began to take on water on the jetty at the entrance of Nantucket Channel, Mass. Watchstanders at Station Brant Point...

The following synopsis of the New York Yacht Club Invitational currently taking place in Newport, Rhode Island, is provided by RegattaNews.com: A lack of breeze and fog contributed to a brief postponement ashore yesterday morning to push back the...

CTPost.com: Firefighters in a rescue boat pulled a kayaker from the water Thursday afternoon near Seaside Park, fire officials said. Capt. Ed McCann said a Zodiac boat launched from Black Rock and pulled the man from the water at...

ENPRO Services, which specializes in the management of oil and hazardous waste, was contracted by the Hooksett Sewer Commission to track and recover millions of sewage disks that were accidentally released from a wastewater treatment plant in Hooksett, New...

Block Island Times: The Annual Meeting for the Committee for the Great Salt Pond will be held at Smugglers on September 17 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be Stephen Hale the noted Marine Ecologist from...