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Trade Only Today
The National Marine Manufacturers Association said the U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, Representative Lois Frankel, and Rep. Jackie Walorski have been named as Congressional Boating Caucus co-chairs for the 116th Congress.The Boating Caucus is a bipartisan group of more than 100 U.S. senators and representatives formed in 1989 to advocate for the interests of the recreational boating industry. According to the association’s website, there are 31 senators and 109 representatives in this session's Boating Caucus.
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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
When will enough be enough?
As I write this I can’t help but relive all the negative issues that I have had to deal with based on poor training. Then, all the excuses and just BS reasons for not providing the best training possible for our officers. I recognized that the real cost of all this in the end is the lives of our lost officers and the loved ones they leave behind. This infuriates me to no end. Now I am once again in a position to help make a difference.
As a “STAR” Partner of the NMLEA and recognized as a national "Best Practice", I (Gregory "Cruz" Grutter of Interactive Gunfighting (“IG”)) am now providing weapons and tactics training at the highest level to this community of professionals. Training that is unlike what most have ever experienced or will experience.
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North Jersey Record
A bill that would provide $500,000 annually to manage and maintain Greenwood Lake is progressing toward a vital vote in Trenton, New Jersey.
As the headwaters for the Wanaque Reservoir system, the lake supplies 3.5 million people with drinking water each day.
The lake is an important natural, economic and recreational resource, said one of the bill's primary sponsors, Republican Jay Webber.
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Louisville Courier Journal
The unusual and controversial process used to hire a new commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will be reviewed by a legislative committee.
That process outraged some leading Kentucky sportsmen because an insider in the search process — who helped interview finalists for the job — wound up in the job himself.
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Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
In 2020, we will see the first-ever worldwide shift to a cleaner transportation fuel, when global shipping and fuel providers will complete a 13-year plan to adopt cleaner marine fuels. Led by the U.S., nations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed in 2008 to limit sulfur in residual petroleum for ships. Cleaner ship fuels represent a shared achievement for communities, for shipping and energy sectors, and for the economy. The U.S. should not lose sight of these benefits.
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Stars and Stripes
Servicemembers working without pay due to the government shutdown picked up donated groceries from a food pantry at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo.
Twenty-two Coast Guardsmen, including 15 at Yokota and seven in Singapore, aren't being paid during the shutdown, which started more than a month ago.
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The Maritime Executive
For the 10th consecutive year, the state-owned, public marine terminals at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore received a top rating on an annual security assessment from the U.S. Coast Guard for 2018. The Coast Guard conducts annual and thorough examinations of the Port’s six public marine terminals: Dundalk, Seagirt, North Locust Point, South Locust Point (including the cruise passenger terminal), Fairfield and Masonville.
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The Maritime Executive
The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a formal investigation into the circumstances behind the capsizing of the fishing vessel Mary B II at the Yaquina Bay bar crossing in Newport, Oregon earlier this month, which led to the deaths of three crewmembers. Cmdr. Karen Denny, the executive officer of Marine Safety Unit Portland in Portland, will head up the inquiry.
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Alabama NewsCenter
Spring is just around the corner, which means people will soon be back out on the water enjoying Alabama's lakes and rivers.
The Birmingham Boat Show provides a perfect way to prepare for time on the water, with hundreds of boats, marine accessories and exhibits on boating education and safety. Alabama Power will be in force at the BJCC with a booth representing Shoreline Management and another featuring Environmental Affairs.
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