Many boat owners and operators have private docks or single slips for mooring their craft. Others are not so fortunate and must learn to tie up boats in a wide variety of situations. In 32 years as a fisherman, the author has encountered many odd and difficult mooring situations caused by boats, high winds and tides. This publication attempts to share some of that experience. In addition to a brief discussion of mooring lines, a number of complex situations encountered both in approaching and leaving the dock are clearly described; simple graphics are included.
The incidental mortality of seabirds in longline fisheries is an international marine conservation problem. Although estimates of worldwide totals are...
White sturgeon ("Acipenser transmontanus") is one of seven sturgeon species found in North America. It is also the largest freshwater fish on this con...
The Columbia River was once the greatest salmon-​producing area on the entire Pacific Coast. During that era, 10-16 million salmon and steelhead mad...
In the fifty years since its accidental introduction into Puget Sound (in shipments of oyster seed from Japan), the Manila clam, "Venerupis japonica",...
Excessive levels of dissolved copper in some harbors are due in part to slow leaching from anti-fouling paint on boat bottoms. Because elevated copper...
This 21 page booklet is third in a series and summarizes the results and conclusions of the nontoxic bottom coatings field demonstration from 2002 to ...
This glossary targets the commercial fishing industry and reflects the current terminology used. However, because the industry is constantly evolving ...
This report calls attention to the drawbacks of the continuous stocking and harvesting by seining! management system that is practiced in rarely drain...
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