Eastman’s Fishing Fleet Donating Use of Boat For NH Foodbank Trip, November 3rd
September 17, 2008
When: Monday, November 3rdWhere: Eastman’s Dock, River Street, Seabrook Beach, NH
Eastman’s Fishing Fleet of Seabrook, NH is donating the use of one if its boats, the Merilee Ann III, for a second New Hampshire Food Bank trip.
Last October, a group of friends from New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, who regularly went out fishing through Eastman’s, made a special trip and donated their 1,000-pound catch to the New Hampshire Food Bank, the state organization that helps stock the shelves of local food pantries. Eastman’s donated another 600 pounds.
This fall, Mark Bellaire and three others who went out last year are organizing another trip on Monday, November 3rd. They will donate their catch and raise money for the New Hampshire Food Bank and four local Make-A-Wish Foundation chapters through an online auction at eBay’s MissionFish.org website.
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Rededication of Essex Shipbuilding Museum’s A.D. Story Shipyard, September 20th
September 10, 2008
When: Saturday, September 20th, 2008, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pmWhere: Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex
The North Shore of Massachusetts has a rich maritime heritage. From Newburyport to Essex and Salem, some of the finest clipper ships in the world were built and launched in the waters and rivers that surround us.
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum, which maintains one of the best maritime collections in the region, tells the extraordinary story of Essex, Massachusetts, small New England village that built more two-masted wooden fishing schooners than any other place in the world.
The museum helps preserve the history of the wooden shipbuilding industry, an integral part of the economy and culture in New England and the United States since the 1630s.
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Kayak Building Workshop At Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum
August 22, 2008
Where: Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum’s Waterline Center, 66 Main St., Essex, MA
Cost: Tuition is $1,200, or $1,000 for students and special cases.
The Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum will hold a one-week kayak building workshop September 29 through October 5, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the museum’s Waterline Center, 66 Main St., Essex.
Instructor Rick Eliot will be teaching the one-week kayak building course. The kayak design is based on traditional skin covered kayaks used by the Inuit Eskimos.
Students will build their own kayaks, custom-designed to meet their particular interests. The finished kayak is a work of art, ultra light (30 pounds or less), durable, and beautiful.
All tools and materials are provided; no prior carpentry skills required. Tuition is $1,200, or $1,000 for students and special cases. Class size is limited and advance registration is required prior to Sept. 19.
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DEP Delivering Emergency Spill Response Equipment Trailers To North Shore Communities
August 20, 2008
Each trailer contains equipment that can be deployed quickly by local emergency response officials in case of an oil spill. A trailer was delivered to Gloucester yesterday and they are being delivered this week to Salisbury, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley and Essex. The remaining six trailers will be delivered to Ipswich, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Salem, and Marblehead in the coming weeks.
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Members sought for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
August 19, 2008
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is seeking applicants for one primary position on the council’s conservation seat and one alternate position on its advisory council.
Alternates attend meetings when members are not available and are encouraged to attend other meetings. Alternates may also apply for the member seat if a member resigns.
The advisory council’s 17 voting members and six ex-officio members represent a variety of local stakeholder groups and the public. Council members serve in a volunteer capacity for two- or three-year terms, pursuant to the council’s charter.
The advisory council was established in March 2001 to assure continuous public participation in the management of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s sanctuary.
Nantucket Lightship Looking For A Home And A Steward
August 12, 2008
The lightship Nantucket, LV-112, the largest and one of only 13 remaining lightships out of the 170 that were built back in the 1930’s, has had a difficult and unlucky post-retirement period since it was formally retired by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1975.
Today it has been widely reported that the National Lighthouse Museum, which bought the Nantucket several years ago, is offering the 150-ft ship to anyone who will agree to maintain it and keep it open to the public. The asking price for the ship is only a $1. The asking price reflects the fact that it will cost at least $150,000 to relocate and restore the Nantucket.
The Nantucket is now moored at Oyster Bay. Long Island, where it has sat for the past four years. The National Lighthouse Museum had hoped that the Nantucket would serve as a flagship for a planned museum to be located on a 10-acre site on Staten Island. Unfortunately plans for the museum have not moved forward.
Electric Torpedo Ray Caught Off Newburyport
August 10, 2008
On Wednesday, August 6th, while fishing on the Erica Lee II, a Coastal Discoveries student caught a rare (in these waters) 25-pound, 3-foot long, 28-inch-wide electric torpedo ray.
The ray was caught about half-mile offshore Newburyport in 35 feet of water. Visit Katie Farrell’s article in the Newburyport Daily News for the entire story.
The ray, which is a member of the shark family, not to be confused with a skate, has a large disc-shaped body and its skin is free of spikes that are characteristic of common skates. The ray can produce a very strong electrical charge of 220 volts.
Captain Bob Yeomans, told Ms. Farrell that he hadn’t seen an electric torpedo ray this far north in about 20 years . “They mostly stay south or west of Cape Cod,” he said. “This one was a stray.”
Coastal Discoveries, founded by Captain Bob Yeomans and his wife,Lee Yeomans, is a very successful on- the-water summer day camp that is in its 20th year of operation.
Website: Visit the Coastal Discoveries website for more information about their programs.
Friday Evening Kayaking - Paddle Around The Merrimack River Islands, July 25th
July 24, 2008
When: Friday, July 15th, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Where: Meet at Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $35 members; $45 non-members. (Pre-registration is required)
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Porbeagle Shark Breeding Ground On Georges Bank
July 21, 2008
A post on Canadian Broadcasting Center Online reports that scientists have discovered a new breeding ground for porbeagle sharks off Canada’s East Coast on the Candian portion of Georges Bank.
A research team located the mating area on Georges Bank earlier this month after hearing reports from fishermen that they were hauling up the large, blue-grey sharks in their nets. Steve Campana, a marine biologist who specializes in the species, said the find makes it only the second known breeding ground in the Northwest Atlantic for the fast, fierce-looking shark that can reach almost four metres in length.
Until now, scientists knew of only one breeding ground for porbeagles off Newfoundland and Labrador’s southern coast. The area was closed to directed shark fishing shortly after it was identified as a mating area.Campana said Fisheries managers are now reviewing the latest find to determine whether the area should be closed to shark fishing to stave off another collapse in the population.
The porbeagle fishery is worth an estimated $2 million annually on the East Coast, with 90 per cent of it going to markets in Boston.
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Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta at American Yacht Club, August 2nd and 3rd
July 18, 2008
When: Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3Where: American Yacht Club, Newburyport, MA
The American Yacht Club in Newburyport is partnering with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to present the annual Leukemia Cup Regatta on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3, at the Newburyport club located on Water Street.
The two-day regatta, sponsored by Mount Gay Rum, will feature sailing both days and a cocktail party and auction Saturday night.
The Annual Leukemia Cup Regatta, hosted by the American Yacht Club, benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This year, the American Yacht Club is hosting the event in celebration of a 5-year-old Haverhill boy diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in April 2005. After enduring more than two years of chemotherapy, testing, biopsies and oral medications, he is now in remission.
Proceeds from the regatta will benefit the Massachusetts chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a nonprofit organization that relies on contributions to advance its mission.
Boat registration is still available for the regatta. For more information, please call Rebecca Longworth at the society at 508-810-1318 or visit the American Yacht Club website.
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