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Clean Boating Act now Law
July 30 , 2008
In a significant victory for the recreational marine industry and the American boating and angling public, President Bush late yesterday signed into law S. 2766, the Clean Boating Act of 2008, protecting the more than 17 million recreational boats throughout the U.S. from unprecedented and unnecessary federal regulations. Congress passed the Clean Boating Act on July 22, 2008.
"The recreational marine industry and boaters throughout the U.S. can now rest easy and go boating without a federal or state permit, heavy penalties and absurd legal jeopardy," said Scott Gudes, NMMA vice president of Government Relations. "We applaud President Bush and Congress for their bipartisan efforts to reverse the unintended and potentially devastating consequences of an overbroad federal court decision."
Introduced by Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Representatives Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) and Candice Miller (R-Mich.), the Clean Boating Act permanently and fully restores a commonsense regulation that excludes recreational boaters and anglers from the Clean Water Act federal and state permitting system designed for land-based industrial facilities, like sewage treatment plants. Without legislative relief, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was set to implement new permitting regulations for boaters by October 1, 2008.
"This is welcome news for all recreational marine manufacturers across the country," said Thom Dammrich, NMMA president. "NMMA raised the alarm on this misguided court decision nearly two years ago, and we are thrilled that Congress and the President have prevented the bureaucratic nightmare that was set to become law."
"NMMA thanks all of its partners in the Boat Blue Coalition, including BoatU.S.," added Gudes. "Passage of this legislation is a testament to what is possible when our community joins forces and speaks with one voice before key decision-makers."
source PRNewswire-USNewswire
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Boating Gadgets for Fido
July 28 , 2008
Those of us with dogs, quite often take them on our boating adventures. Theres nothing more Pippin (my German Shepherd) loves more than hopping on board, and supervising the activities! Boating gadget manufacturers have not overlooked this fact, and there are several new gadgets for pets to keep them safe and comfortable on board!
Dog Climbing the ladder
The first is the PupHead Portable Dog Potty. Yes, you read that correctly. Anyone who has spent a long amount of time on the water with their beloved pet, knows the inconvenience of having to take them back to land to do their business, or find a spot to train them to go where its easy for you to clean up. The PupHead portable dog potty system is the perfect solution for dog boaters. Pup-Grass™ sod looks and feels like real grass! The sod like grass is treated to attract dogs to do their business there, so training is minimal, and all you have to do to clean it up is hose it off! With an anti-microbial Agent Special Odor-Fighting Design -it fight odors, which in turn creates a safer, cleaner environment for the pets. The small pad costs $149 and the large pad is $299.
My next favorite gadget is the SAFETY TURTLE ALARM SYSTEM. This system is more or less a collar attachment that sounds if your pup falls into the water. You can also attach it to your pets life jacket. The minute they hit water, an alarm sounds, alerting you that he is overboard! They also have a wrist alarm for use for kids. The cost for the base and one attachment is under $200- and well worth it!
Few of us have super-dogs that climb ladders in a single bound! What do you do to keep your pets safe on the water? Any gadgets that you love to use? How about your pets in action? Upload your them to SplashVision today!
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Fish out of Water
July 28 , 2008
Someone forgot to tell the Mangrove Killfish, that’s it’s supposed to live in water. Instead, it spends up to three months living under logs in trees, breathing air through its skin. Odd little creature, indeed.
That’s probably what the scientists who discovered it thought as well. During a routine expedition, scientists moved a half rotten log, and found hundreds of these creatures, all alive and very seemingly happy. Upon further research, they realized it spends several months of every year out of the water and living inside trees.
Hidden away inside rotten branches and trunks, the mangrove killfish temporarily alters its biological makeup so they can breathe air. Biologists believe the fish had flopped their way to their new homes when their pools of water around the roots of mangroves dried up. They then lined up end to end along tracks carved out by insects.
Biologists are astonished it can cope for so long out of its natural habitat.
Not only can it live out of water, it can breed without a mate, , making Rivulus marmoratus Poey (the scientific name), one of the oddest fish known to man. Their gills are altered to retain water and nutrients, while they excrete nitrogen waste through their skin. Once they return to water, the process reverses.
Around two inches long, they normally live in muddy pools and the flooded burrows of crabs in the mangrove swamps of Florida, Latin American and
Caribbean .
As amazing as it may seem, they are not the only fish able to breathe air. The walking catfish of South-east Asia has gills that allow it to breathe in air and in water, and then of course there’s the climbing perch of can suffocate in water unless it can also gulp in air.
Do you have video of one of these air breathing fish or another similar creature? We would love to see it! Upload your video and images to share with the Splashvision community today!
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