Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers […] The post More than 2,000 ocean predators spotted off Cape Cod — weeks after feds reopened the waters to commercial fishing appeared first on American Almanac .
Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers called extraordinary: dolphins, whales, whale sharks, and manta rays all congregating near the surface of a nearly 5,000-square-mile ocean preserve roughly 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod. The sheer number of animals, and the presence of several species classified as endangered, landed the survey squarely in the middle of a policy fight that has bounced between…Open
Two men were rescued more than 100 miles off the coast of southern Mexico after they were left stranded without food or water in a cooler. The Mexican navy conducted a search and rescue operation and eventually located the pair in the Pacific Ocean after a distress call was issued.
The campaign includes mobile billboards around Washington D.C. during Ocean Week displaying phrases such as, "They call it green energy...we call it INDUSTRIALIZING THE OCEAN” and "Thank you President Trump for defending commercial fishermen against offshore wind!"
The cost of fighting in the Middle East is being felt stateside, where the price of a gallon of unleaded fuel has risen by nearly a dollar. Justin and Travis Maderia tell “Morning in America” that higher fuel costs are pinching their lobster business. “Fuel has a huge impact on our supply chain and the prices we are able to pass down to our fishermen and the consumers,” Justin Maderia said. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
