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• Boat Abandonment on the Uptick

  Its to be expected, but is no less appalling to hear that boat abandonment is on the rise. The garden variety stop paying your moorage fees is one thing, but in CA and FL apparently there are lot of boats illegally scuttled leaking oil, fuel, and holding... Posted Nov 14 2008, 10:31 AM by Patrick with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Marine Life, Marine Industry News

• Mudtrails from Shrimpers

  This is an amazing photo of he mudtrails churned up by Shrimpers off the coast of China (and everywhere else). Taken from satellites, these images show just how much bottom nets disturb the ocean floor. Make sme think if I should eat mass-caught shrimp... Posted May 16 2007, 10:59 AM by Patrick with | with no comments Filed under: Marine Life, Marine Industry News, Environment

• Thar She Blows !

  Here’s a site (completely 1993 web stylings) which track whale sightings in the Puget Sound. http://www.orcanetwork.org/sightings/map.html Posted Mar 26 2007, 09:13 AM by Patrick with | with no comments Filed under: Marine Life, Whale Sightings

• Sea Turtles

  My friends have a turtle, Frankie, which we occasionally watch when they go ut of town so I have a soft spot for the the whole gang including those that live in the Sea. Scout Report continues to wow with great links. Seaturtle.org [pdf] http://www.seaturtle... Posted Jan 27 2007, 08:56 AM by Patrick with | with no comments Filed under: Marine Life