E-mail article Print article Subscribe Seaport hosts series of maritime events Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 07/17/07 BY DON BENNETT STAFF WRITER TUCKERTON Pick a day, any day, and there is something on tap at the Tuckerton Seaport to connect visitors with the maritime traditions of Barnegat Bay. E-mail article Print article Subscribe Seaport hosts series of maritime events Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 07/17/07 BY DON BENNETT STAFF WRITER TUCKERTON Pick a day, any day,...

The company was set up in 1982 to build small vessels and boats, over the years boats that the company built became bigger and more sophisticated as customers were looking for more and more luxury vessels. In Dubai alone, mega projects will feature large marinas, capable of hosting thousands of boats. With the Dubai brand gaining global acceptance, people who come here to live and buy a house in the Palm or an apartment in Dubai Marina are ready to spend their money here. Gulf Craft Inc...

The association highlighted some of the economic benefits last week during an outing where they took local politicians and ministry staff fishing. The group invited politicians and bureaucrats out for the day to stress the importance of fishing. Levick said the existing fishing regulations and restrictions for Long Point Bay are a mish mash of ad hoc regulations and historical rules. In the open lake, storms can wash eggs off the shoals or displace newly hatched young of the year fish from...

Recreational fishing and diving advocates are pressing for new rules to push commercial fishing traps out of the state's 15 artificial reef sites. This is just a situation where we have to look at the "state park' aspect of this," said William Figley, a retired state fisheries biologist who was the state's artificial reef coordinator for 22 years, and now advocates removing commercial traps from the reef sites. Find www.thnt.com stories from the past week as well as calendar events,...

Being in the water with a 12-foot shark it s the first time I ve ever been in the water with a shark that big, Greene later said in an adrenaline-fueled flow of words. SARASOTA When the big fish turned on me and underwater videographer James Greene, its gaping mouth looked as big as the grill of an 18-wheeler a very toothy and ticked off 18-wheeler. Scientists and interns took turns pulling drum lines, and whoever pulled a line with a fish was credited with the catch and got to bring the...

The controversy stems from the increased tribal commercial fishing presence off Manistee and the belief by many sport fishermen that the popular fishing areas off an area commonly known as The Shelf have been choked off by the nets. I know where all the nets are and avoid them or fish around them, but I also have the marina, and we ve been getting calls from (out-of-the-area) boats who are afraid to (come to Manistee) because of the nets out there. We freely acknowledge that, due to...