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A group of tourists out looking for dolphins on the Marco (Fla.) River got more than they bargained for Sunday when a 600-pound dolphin jumped into their 24-foot pontoon boat. More...

The American Boat and Yacht Council signed an agreement with BoatU.S., launching a cooperative group program that gives ABYC members more than 26 additional benefits and services at a reduced rate. More...

Tsunami waves began rolling into Hawaii early Friday, with readings of between 6 and 8 feet expected in some areas after an earthquake struck Japan. More...

A proposal in Maine to exempt commercial fishing boats from a 5 percent state fuel tax sailed through the legislature's taxation committee in mid-February. More...

Sheldon Good & Co. will conduct an April 14 auction of 140 condominium boat slips within the Port of the Islands Marina in Naples, Fla. More...

Millions of anchovies washed up dead early Tuesday in the harbor area of Redondo Beach, Calif., choking the waters in and around dozens of private boat slips in the King Harbor Marina. More...

Pelican Products appointed Jeff Cushing vice president of information technology. More...

Unit sales in the U.S. boat brokerage market continue to track closely with five-year monthly averages. As in other recent months, February brokerage unit sales came in slightly under the five-year average and below sales from the same month a year earlier. More...

The Marine Industries Association of South Florida said more than 1,180 volunteers came by land and in 60 boats to 24 sites on Saturday to participate in the 34th annual Waterway Cleanup. More...

About one in three U.S. consumers (32 percent) have already significantly reduced discretionary spending because of the rise in gasoline prices, according to the monthly RBC Consumer Outlook Index. More...

After 32 years of serving the book and charting needs of the boating community in Newport, R.I., and around the world, Armchair Sailor Bookstore announced it will be closing its doors at the end of April. More...

A new general permit released earlier this week by Washington state's Department of Ecology provides clarity for boatyards after recent strides by the Northwest Marine Trade Association to become a champion of clean water and environmental responsibility in the region. More...

Sheffield Financial recently signed a three-year installment financing services agreement with BRP. More...

Thirty-five Jeanneau owners met last weekend in Annapolis, Md., to organize the new Jeanneau Sailboat Owners Group. More...

In response to legislation that has been introduced in Rhode Island to repeal the sales-tax exemption for boats, state Rep. Richard Morrison is stressing the importance of the boatbuilding industry to the state's economy and pledging to fight any attempts to repeal the exemption. More...

An e-mail blast sent to Trade Only Today readers earlier today incorrectly described how the Products, Parts, Distribution and Service advertorial will be produced in our April issue. No editorial staff members will be involved in the process. It is a freelance-based custom publishing product...

Organizers of the International Marina & Boatyard Conference and the Marine Dealer Conference and Expo issued calls for presentations. More...

The House of Representatives has passed an amendment to federal spending legislation that prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from using funding from this fiscal year to implement its waiver on the introduction of fuels containing 15 percent ethanol, or E15, the National Marine...

The American Boat & Yacht Council will hold its 2011 annual meeting at 5:30 p.m. March 24 at the historic Annapolis Maritime Museum on the shores of Back Creek in Annapolis, Md. More...

According to survey results released today by GE Capital, Commercial Distribution Finance from the Miami International Boat Show, more than one-third of respondents (38 percent) expect sales to increase as much as 5 percent in 2011, and 54 percent said that the best time for dealers to increase...