The crew of Citation thought they had the $912,825 prize in the bag for their 883-lb. blue marlin at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament out of Moorehead City, North Carolina. But one of the boat’s crew didn’t have his fishing license, so their big catch could be out of contention.
The sunglass maker Costa Del Mar has started a new blog called The Watery Rave. As part of the company’s mission to protect fish habitats, the blog’s focus will be on fishing adventures and conservation stories. A quick read-through shows posts about Chris Fischer’s shark show on the National Geographic Channel, among other things, including a good interview with Dr. Aaron Adams of the Bonefish Tarpon Trust about permit.
As one captain said to the reporters, “This might be the last fishing I ever do in my lifetime.”
Meanwhile, BP is now capturing 15,000 barrels a day, while still leaking some. Which calls into question just how much oil spilled into the Gulf since this began.
A new study from the University of Miami shows that flip flops are bacteria factories. They can harbor up to 18,000 different bacteria, including e coli and deadly strains of staph.
The National Geographic Channel is kicking off the Expedition Great White series this Sunday at 9:00 pm eastern. Chris Fischer, who roamed the world for ESPN2′s “Offshore Adventures” show, along with Capt. Brett McBride, lead a crew on a scientific expedition to catch and tag great white sharks. From the looks of the video teasers, it looks pretty entertaining, and maybe even educational, hence the plug here.
I’m in the middle of reading my galley review copy of Deadliest Sea, a new book due out on June 1st. It’s about the sinking of the Alaska Ranger in the Bering Sea in 2008, and the rescue efforts by the Coast Guard.
I plan to do a full review soon. But, getting into it, I want to praise the author Kalee Thompson for her hardcore reporting. A former editor at Popular Science and National Geographic Adventure, she puts all her skills to use in describing all that went down in great detail. Click on this link to get the Harper Collins synopsis.
Already, oil is visible in virtually all of Louisiana’s closed coastal waters. Yet its ultimate impact on the gulf fisheries will not be known for months at the earliest.”
