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City of Miami workers illegally removed mangroves from 300 feet of shoreline for the relocation of the Miami International Boat Show, giving ammunition to critics of the move to an area they say is too environmentally sensitive for the event. A Miami-Dade County environmental regulator...

New powerboat and personal watercraft registrations were up 6.5 percent year over year in the first quarter, with PWC, jetboats, ski boats and outboards leading the growth. Sterndrive boats and inboard cruiser sales continued to decline. Registrations overall were up 9.5 percent on a rolling...

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced this week that the 2016 Miami International Boat Show has been selected for its International Buyer Program — the only boat show selected among 23 trade shows for next year. The National Marine Manufacturers Association’s international team is working...

A new model called the Wake Tractor is part of a brand-new company making boats that will be geared to millennials. The Wake Tractor will be made by Bryant Boats, but will be its own brand, according to brand manager Ben Dorton, 26, who will be the face of the new line. “Our whole...

The Florida Yacht Brokers Association hired a law firm to help change a more than century-old federal law that the group says is costing them billions in lost sales. “We have a law on the books that says any yacht coming from a foreign port has to pay 1.5 percent customs duties” if it is...more...

Team Alvimedica skipper Charlie Enright won the final offshore battle of the Volvo Ocean Race today in Sweden, but the overall trophy belonged to his rival from Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, skipper Ian Walker. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing won the 12th edition of the race after finishing fifth in the ninth...

Sara Anghel, executive director and vice president of government relations for the National Marine Manufacturers Association Canada joined Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq to announce infrastructure investments for more than $285 million across the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario. “Boating...

Recreational boat sales fell in May, declining in both the main powerboat segments and industrywide for the first time in 15 months. The drop was small — 1.6 percent, or 241 boats, to 15,003, in the main segments, and 2.1 percent industrywide, or 501, to 23,363, in 27 states, or about 65 percent...

PETOSKEY, Mich. — At its Midwest Media Event on Lake Michigan, the Yamaha Marine Group launched a fishing access advocacy program that aims to unite the freshwater and saltwater worlds for a stronger national voice in Washington, D.C. The initiative, called “Bass Anglers for Saltwater...

BAY HARBOR, Mich. — Yamaha Marine began a three-day, three-pronged media event Wednesday night at the Inn at Bay Harbor on the shores of Lake Michigan that not only aims to promote its latest engine, but also to support the nation’s fisheries. The engine company is pushing its freshwater...

Everybody has a Mercury story. That’s according to employee relations director Lee Gordon, who spoke to Local 5 News in Wisconsin from the company’s Fond du Lac plant. Reporter Brittany Falkers reported from the plant that several employees have been in the company for generations. Group leader...

More than 50 supporters of the Miami International Boat Show attended a meeting Tuesday of Miami and Key Biscayne officials and organizers of the Miami International Boat Show as stakeholders tried to come to an agreement about moving the show to the Miami Marine Stadium Marine Park and Basin...

Miami commissioners and members of the Key Biscayne Village Council were scheduled to hold a key joint meeting this morning in the hopes of resolving a dispute over plans to host the Miami International Boat Show at the Miami Marine Stadium Park and Basin. The meeting, scheduled for 10 a.m. at...

New tax laws in New York should help prompt an industry rebound after Hurricane Sandy. Stock portfolios and real estate values have been rising during the last few years and sales of recreational boats of all sizes increased by 7.3 percent in the state in 2014, bucking a national trend of...

The National Marine Manufacturers Association is encouraging marine industry stakeholders to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest proposal for increasing the amount of ethanol in the overall fuel supply. In late May, the EPA proposed increasing the amount of ethanol required...

Correct Craft acquired the majority interest in Centurion Boats and Supreme Boats, the latest in a series of acquisitions for the Nautique parent company. Both brands will continue to build their boats in Merced, Calif., and there are no plans to make changes in company management. “We’ve got a...

Back-to-back jetboat accidents on a river in Vancouver, B.C., — one that claimed the life of a well-known fly fishing expert — are prompting some to call for a powerboat ban on the river. Ron Hjorth, 64, drowned Monday when a jetboat flipped over on the upper Pitt River. “This may upset a few...

Bass Pro Shops announced “Gone Fishing,” which it said is a major new program to introduce people of all ages, especially urban youth and children overly focused on digital devices, to fishing as a gateway to discovering the outdoors. The national program encompasses initiatives designed to...

The Landing School is now offering five scholarships for students who want a career in the marine industry but struggle to pay the cost of their education. The Arundel, Maine-based school said the scholarships have an application process in which students are given the chance to show faculty and...

Boat traffic is up at an east Texas lake and one worker attributes it to the availability and steady prices of ethanol-free gas. Tyler Caughman has been working at Lake Tyler since January and he says the marina’s $4.84 gas price and ethanol-free gas keeps the docks filled. Although gas is more...