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Great Lakes Boating is going digital |
Great Lakes Boating is on the cutting edge, ready to make the transition to an all-digital magazine. This is the direction... |
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Turbines to be submerged in river this week |
Imagine if every time you flipped on the light, the energy could be traced back to a giant underwater fan propelled by the... |
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Coastal Angler debuts fishing app |
Coastal Angler Magazine launched a smart phone FishOn application that delivers up-to-the minute local weather, marine... |
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Recycled-plastic boat completes its journey |
Plastiki, a 60-foot sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, docked in Sydney Harbor today after... |
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Collins man designs, builds 3-person sub |
COLLINS — Lakeshore swimmers beware: There's a "bionic guppy" lurking in Lake Michigan. Be on the... |
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An infrared vision led to Raymarine deal |
FLIR says the acquisition could lead to much greater marine use of its thermal imaging technology. The genesis of FLIR... |
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Ill. governor floats plan to catch, eat Asian carp |
Diners in China could soon help control the Asian carp that are infesting Illinois waterways and threatening the Great Lakes... |
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Algae: Simple seaweed or major fuel source? |
TOLEDO, OHIO - Algae is often considered to be unwanted residue found at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and ponds.... |
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Recreational Boating Industry Makes Waves in Online Gaming |
The non-profit national awareness program for the recreational boating industry, Discover Boating, launched today a new... |
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Robot submarine patrols Lake Michigan for climate-change study |
Researchers at Purdue University are using this robotic submarine and other specialized tools in Lake Michigan to gather... |
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Beach bacteria battle goes high-tech |
So much for the old warning flag on a stick. Confronting an almost unwinnable battle against E. coli and other bacteria on... |
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Salmon, trout population analysis goes high-tech |
Most Lake Michigan anglers aren't concerned about whether a chinook they hook was raised in a hatchery or born in a... |
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Northern NY collaboration enhancing on-farm water quality control |
A local, county and state partnership is evaluating options for Northern New York farmers to enhance on-farm water quality... |
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Great Lakes anglers asked to document lampreys through online program |
Michigan Sea Grant educators are working with charter boat associations, angler groups and other agencies to enlist... |
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Old destroyer will help create East Coast's largest artificial reef 30 miles off Ocean City |
The largest artificial reef on the East Coast is coming in cheaper than predicted but later than expected, with anglers and... |
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Port Colborne poised for a Great Lakes first |
A strategic alliance between two companies could lead to Port Colborne becoming the first multi-modal port on the Great... |
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FirstEnergy to install devices to divert fish |
The numbers are staggering: 60 million fish - 46 million of them adults - are killed each year by the powerful intake of... |
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What the Cells Tell |
The test that detected the Asian carp's environmental DNA, or eDNA, above the electric barrier is new: it was developed... |
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CO2-eating algae turns cement maker green |
A mixture of hot gas rises out of a flue stack at the St. Marys Cement plant about 50 kilometres west of Waterloo. But not... |
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Tools in sea lamprey fight adapted for Asian carp |
A parasitic invasive species that fed on healthy trout, salmon and catfish had entered the Great Lakes through its shipping... |
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USA. Waterway Guide announces release of our first iPhone application. |
Waterway Guide of Annapolis, MD is delighted to announce the introduction of Waterway Guide Mobile and the release of our... |
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Rainwater to be collected in Illinois for non-potable uses? |
Yesterday, Illinois Senate Bill 2549 was approved in the Illinois Senate unanimously. This bill now makes its way to the IL... |
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How to Catch Big Game Fish—From a Kayak |
Sitting sideways in a kayak, I cast a plug into the inky-black dark of a south Louisiana salt marsh. It’s a half-hour... |
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Solar-powered 102-foot boat debuts |
What is being touted as the world's largest solar boat was unveiled recently at a shipyard in Kiel, Germany. Called... |
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Sex hormones tested in fight against sea lamprey |
The next phase of the decades-long fight against destructive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes was expected to begin Monday... |
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Diving the deep wrecks |
During the winter months, Bay View resident Jitka Hanakova works as a business analyst. But from April to October, she takes... |
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Underwater robot hunts in Great Lakes |
One of the Environmental Protection Agency's newest members uses side-scan sonar to look at the watery depths of Lake... |
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San Diego Firm Builds Oceangoing Electric Vessel |
Visitors to the San Diego Sunroad Boat Show may have caught a glimpse of the future when they saw Electro-Mariner’s... |
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Fish Egg Disinfectant Shown to Prevent Transmission of Devastating Fish Disease: |
A disinfection solution presently used for salmon eggs also prevents transmission of the virus that causes viral hemorrhagic... |
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Buoy technology reveals workings of Great Lakes |
The map is a Battleship board without grid lines.
Red, yellow and blue squares on online maps mark where research scientists... |
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Managed Wolf Populations Could Restore Ecosystems |
Researchers writing in the February issue of BioScience propose reintroducing small, managed populations of wolves into... |
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America's Cup contenders are back on the water testing technology in Valencia |
With fewer than two weeks to go to the start of the 33rd America's cup race, warmer, sunny weather returned to Valencia... |
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New crops to boost biofuel |
Corn is about to get some competition in the biofuel industry. A team of professors from MSU’s Department of... |
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NOAA, Google partner on data visualization project |
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Google have agreed to jointly develop technology that will... |
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St. Lawrence Ice: Earth Image of the Week |
Eddies and swirls of ice that collected at the mouth of Canada’s St. Lawrence River in mid-January created hazards to... |
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Campion Marine selects Ashland’s Envirez bio-based resin for all new boat construction |
Canada’s largest fiberglass boat builder, Campion Marine Inc., is bringing improved environmental performance to its... |
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Boat ‘Bond’ing |
Tim Neuens recalls watching Glastron GT 150s darting about on the Fox River with other sporty little speedboats near... |
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Europe Plans Offshore Wind Supergrid |
As the United Nations climate meetings in Copenhagen get under way, nine European countries have pledged to create a “... |
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An easier way to see what lies beneath |
A Kingston diving company will be exploring the many wrecks in the Kingston area in a custom-made submersible next year.... |
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Yamaha unveils ‘next generation’ four strokes |
In the largest and broadest product introduction in its history, Yamaha Motor Corp. presented nine new outboard engines... |
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Underwater Cameras Are Not Just For Ice Fishing |
Leave the fishing pole at home, you won't have time for it! Grab your underwater camera and your hand held gps... |
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Saving barrels for a rainy day |
Janice Littlefield said it takes one good rain for residents to have a "rain water revelation."
The Port Huron... |
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The Backwater DIY Electric Boat Marathon |
At the 8 ½-mile mark, Jim Campbell is at the head of the pack, in control of the race. The two-time defending... |
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Wasatch Wind Completes Transaction for Largest Offshore Wind Project in the World |
Wasatch Wind in Park City, Utah, recently signed a transaction to sell the rights to a 4,400MW offshore wind project in Lake... |
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River surfing on the Saint Lawrence, no wetsuit provided |
Surfer dudes, bikini babes, and killer waves are not images that usually come to mind when you think of autumn in Montreal... |
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UMD Launches Unmanned Submarine |
An unmanned watercraft is lurking in the depths of Lake Superior.
The submarine, launched last week by UMD, is being used to... |
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Connell: Port Huron joins the revolution |
The transformation of the modern world is taking place quietly, but inexorably, in the most unexpected places.
As just one... |
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NOAA develops Great Lakes algal bloom forecasts |
An experimental system that uses satellite data and computer modeling will help forecast the direction and intensity of ugly... |
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Scientists create high-capacity batteries from algae |
Swedish scientists have created lightweight, flexible batteries from a type of algae that’s problematic in the Great Lakes... |
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Deal done to run sea fleet on biofuel |
Two companies have shaken hands on a multimillion-dollar deal over the commercial supply of biofuel.
The agreement in which... |
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