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Obscure State Rule Eliminates Fish Cleaning Stations – Come On Now
Take a crowbar to your fish cleaning station and rip it off your dock! They’ll soon be illegal unless you have a permit.
You heard right!
Homeowners, public fishing piers, marinas, fish houses and fish camps will all be criminals if the State of Florida follows through with pending rules requiring permits for fish cleaning stations, or fillet tables as they’re also known.
Something stinks in Tallahassee.
Help Sarasota Bay and Mote Marine Laboratory. Volunteers are needed. Space is limited-so hurry!
The Great Scallop Search – Saturday, August 8
Sarasota Outboard Club – City Island
Last year’s inaugural “Great Scallop Search” was a huge success and helped set a benchmark for the health of Sarasota Bay and its resurgent scallop population. This year’s Search will again collect vital research and volunteers are needed. To register, please call 941-953-5333.
Cannons Marina of Longboat Key will again field a team of scallop searchers. In 2008, Team Cannons Marina divers found 32 scallops (and a tiny shark) feeding on the small section of sandbar they were tasked to study. Not only did they collect valuable data, by all accounts they all had a lot of fun.
Local and regional scientists administer the Great Scallop Search, but it is local community volunteers who go overboard into the sea grass to count the budding scallop population in Sarasota Bay.
Register now for the event.
Food and refreshments are generously sponsored by The Chiles Group, and free T-Shirts, provided by Mike Field from the Anna Maria Island Sun, will be provided!
Great Scallop Search
When: August 8th am
Where: Sarasota Outboard Club City Island Park
To Register – Call 941-953-5333
Happy Scallop Hunting!
P.S. – Remember that harvesting scallops in Sarasota Bay is illegal.
Cannons Marina: Suncoast Grady Club Explores Bahamas
Friday – Day 7
Cannons Grady White Club, More Adventures in the Bahamas
Another quiet day on Green Turtle. The Neumans went dump diving, checking out the local dump and the chickens that reside there.
Kathy wanted to take some of the chicks home, but apparently Al decided they wouldn’t do too well on the boat.
The Griffins, Mike Seery and John Pock went to town for a lunch of cracked conch and other seafoods. Lyons and Gaults went beaching and snorkeling.
The day ended with drinks at the Green Turtle Club, dinner and drinks at the Bluff House, drinks at Green Turtle Club and off to bed.
Are you on Spring Break and want to experience our local waters? We have boat rentals available in every size and for every budget.
Springtime in Florida. Weather’s still cool, but warming breezes remind us that the best time for boating is upon us. Late February temperatures are hovering in the mid-70’s, days are getting longer and Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner, i.e. March 8. It’s about time to think about weekend and evening destinations, you, the family and maybe some friends.
Grady White Boats Recognizes Cannons Marina.
Cannons Marina of Longboat Key, Florida has been awarded membership in the Grady-White Boats Admiral’s Circle for the model year 2008. David Miller received the award on behalf of the dealership during the Grady-White 50th Anniversary celebration held recently in Greenville, NC. Grady-White CEO Eddie Smith and President Kris Carroll made the presentation.
Yamaha Outboard Motor Sale at Florida Boat Dealer.
Yamaha Outboard Motors’ and Cannons Marina, has TWO ways to save sales event!
And now is the time to act because this deal will NOT last long!
Ethanol fuel blends effects in the marine industry
Ethanol fuel blends are making their way to our neighborhoods, as of July 1st, 2008 Cannons Marina will be offering 10 percent or less ethanol in our fuel. The characteristics of ethanol, even when blended in ratios of as little as 10 percent, are:
• Attracts and absorbs moisture from the air. Boaters will likely face more fuel contamination issues from water absorbed through their fuel tank vents.
• Dissolves some solid materials (and can loosen any corrosion), e.g., varnish or even oxidation in steel and aluminum tanks, commonly found in fuel tanks, thereby contaminating the fuel.
• Ethanol has been known to dissolve components of the fuel system itself (e.g., fiberglass fuel tanks). Modern fuel hoses are made to withstand the effects of ethanol exposure.
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