Boating and Marine Industry Daily News

President’s signature is boon for boaters

In a victory for the American boating public, President Bush signed into law the Clean Boating Act of 2008 (S. 2766), exempting the more than 17 million recreational boats from federal marine discharge regulations aimed at commercial vessels.

In the News

Give up boating? Not on your life

Did skyrocketing fuel prices change the way you went boating last summer? A National Marine Manufacturers Association study found that while the price of fuel did have an impact on the amount of time boaters spent on the water, most said it did not stop them from boating altogether.

Ironclad exhibition wins museum award

The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Va., was honored by the American Association of Museums for its USS Monitor Center. The $30 million exhibition, which opened in March 2007, is one of four winning entries out of the 33 the association received this year. Judging was based on content, exhibition design and educational programming.

Rule aims to reduce whale/ship strikes

NOAA officials have issued a speed regulation that will implement new measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. The regulation, issued Oct. 8, requires ships 65 feet or greater to reduce speed to 10 knots in areas where the whales feed and reproduce, as well as along their migratory routes. The goal of the regulation is to reduce the risk of ships striking whales.

Hiker finds Fossett plane-crash site

A little more than a year after Steve Fossett disappeared while flying over the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains, searchers finally found the crumpled wreckage of his light plane on a mountainside near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.

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