With winds as high as 120 mph and swells of 15 feet, four crewmen this week were forced to abandon their grounded 58-foot commercial fishing vessel and make their way to one of the Aleutian Islands to await rescue.

VIDEO: Rescue drama off Alaska

The more than 90-year-old company added the Boater’s World chain in the late 1980s, and said it “proved to be a positive contributor to the company’s profitability for a number of years and generated a positive cash flow through 2007.”

Boater’s World parent company files for Chapter 11

Genmar announced today that it has entered new markets with its VEC technology. It has started manufacturing blades for the wind energy market. Genmar is also building special containers for the US Army National Guard. It recently received US$1.5 million for an initial test order, and delivered the first VEC containers last week.

Genmar enters wind turbine market

The builder of center console catamarans has also been evicted from its manufacturing facilities by Twin Vee's founder, Roger Dunshee, who says the company still owes him US$200,000 in back rent. Dunshee sold his majority share in the company in 2003 to Tampa-based investment firm Stonehenge Capital Co. for an undisclosed sum.

Twin Vee boats files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Blueline tilefish

• Julie Ball, Virginia Beach, 13-8, Norfolk Canyon.
• James Beale, Virginia Beach, 12-0, Norfolk Canyon.
• Steven Clements, Virginia Beach, 11-14, Norfolk Canyon.
• Shaun Curl, Chesapeake, 10-6, Norfolk Canyon.
• Steve Davis, Virginia Beach, 11-2, Norfolk Canyon.
• Johnnie Herbert, Virginia beach, 10-11, Norfolk Canyon.
• James Humphrey, Virginia Beach, 10-15, Norfolk Canyon.
• Stephen Kendall, Suffolk, 11-8, Norfolk Canyon.
• Reggie Myrick, Portsmouth, 14-8, Norfolk Canyon.
• James Swindell, Suffolk, 12-7, Norfolk Canyon.
• Jon Teig Jr., Chesapeake, 10-11, 44-Fathom Wreck.
• Ike Twyman, Virginia Beach, 12-0, Norfolk Canyon.
• David Wineman, Suffolk, 11-14, Norfolk Canyon.

Grouper

• Ronnie Larkin, Portsmouth, 20-8, Norfolk Canyon.
• David Thompson, Portsmouth, 18-8, Norfolk Canyon.

Sea bass

• Pete Bregant, Virginia Beach, 5-2, offshore wreck.
• David Cohn, Virginia Beach, 5-12, offshore wreck.
• Stephen Kendall Jr., Suffolk, 7-4, offshore wreck.

Speckled trout

• David Jamison, Virginia Beach, 5-2, 6-6 and 6-14, Rudee Inlet.
• David Payton, Virginia Beach, 6-4 and two at 5-6, Rudee Inlet.
• Shawn Shapiro, Virginia Beach, 5-4, 6-4, Rudee Inlet.
• Wes Spruill, Virginia Beach, 7-12 and 6-0, Rudee Inlet.

Striped bass

• Mark Ashley, Gatesville, 42-0, coastal Virginia Beach.
• George Beach, Virginia Beach, 41-0, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Art Bond, Virginia Beach, 40-0 and 47-inch release, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Eric Brinkley, Moyock, 46-8, Cape Henry.
• David Buckwalter, Norfolk, 41-0 and 48-inch release, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Linda Church, Virginia Beach, 42-0, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Timothy Curle, Edenton, 47-0, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Luke Garris, Virginia Beach, 44-8, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Wes Laine, Virginia Beach, 41-0, off False Cape.
• William Manning, Virginia Beach, 40-0, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Andrew Meredith, Virginia Beach, 47-0, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Paige Ray, Virginia Beach, 40-0, coastal Virginia Beach.
• Shawn Shapiro, Virginia Beach, 41-0 and 44 3/4-inch release, coastal Virginia Beach.

Va. agencies tie into fishing line recycling effort | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Fishing line is one of the most important tools in the sport.

Trouble is, it needs to be changed regularly - leaving the problem of what to do with the old stuff.

Va. agencies tie into fishing line recycling effort | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

One of the world's largest boat shows is gracing the docks of Miami Beach this weekend, which means it's time to forget about the recession and dream like it's 2005.

Hundreds of yachts and smaller boats are displayed as part of the Miami International Boat Show in the Indian Creek waterway in Miami Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. One of the world's largest boat exhibitions, the show is a five-day event featuring yachts, powerboats and marine accessories. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

My Way News - Miami Boat Show draws dreamers, bargain hunters

Dr. Julie Ball reports anglers are working hard for their catches, finding decent-sized stripers - 30 to 44 inches - just off the coast, with beehives of birds often giving up the location. Big schools of larger rockfish are loitering in deeper water from 6 to 15 miles offshore. Targeting striped bass past the 3-mile demarcation line is illegal. If striped bass are boated and released past this limit, they will not qualify for a release citation from the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament.

FISHING REPORT | Richmond Times-Dispatch

More for the record books from the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) for February. From Thailand to Key West, anglers are landing fish they hope are for the record books.

NetNewsledger.com - Hot February Fishing Records

THE VIRGINIA Saltwater Fishing Tournament announced that 5,752 trophy-size fish were caught for Citation awards during 2008, the eighth-highest total since the tournament began in 1958.

Fredericksburg.com - Citation-worthy fish grow

A fish wholesaler, its owner and an employee have all pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for the illegal purchase and sale of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River from 2003 through 2007, the Justice Department announced today.

Cannon Seafood Inc., its owner and president Robert Moore Sr. of Falls Church, Va., and Robert Moore Jr. of Ashburn, Va., each pleaded guilty to one felony violation of the Lacey Act. The Act prohibits individuals or corporations from creating false records for fish, and from transporting, selling, or buying fish harvested illegally.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Cannon Seafood has agreed to pay a fine of $80,000 and pay $28,000 in restitution to the congressionally established National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Moore Sr. has agreed to pay a $40,000 fine and pay $15,000 in restitution to the NFWF and Moore Jr. has agreed to pay a $30,000 fine and pay $10,000 in restitution to the same foundation. The court set a sentencing date of May 8, 2009, at 9:30 A.M.

District of Columbia Seafood Company, Owner and Employee Plead Guilty to Federal Trafficking Charges

Amid growing demand for temporary guest workers nationwide, only one of Maryland's 21 seafood processing plants was able to get visas to bring the foreigners into the country this year. If Congress does not move quickly to make more available, other processors say they won't open this spring. And the loss of a year's income, several say, means that they probably would shut their businesses for good.

In April of 2008 H2B workers pick steamed crabs for packing in pound-sized tubs for retail sale at TNT Crab Company, LLC on Maryland's Eastern Shore. (Baltimore Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron / April 23, 2008

A shortage of hands -- baltimoresun.com

The bust of an illegal rockfish ring in southern Maryland has watermen wondering how the bust will impact the local industry.
According to court documents, the watermen and a seafood dealer are accused of buying and selling 600,000 pounds of rockfish or striped bass between 2003 and 2007. The fish, if sold legally, would have been worth between $3 and $7 million.
It's the largest Chesapeake fish poaching case ever and one of the Chesapeake Bay's leading fishery experts says it's an important bust.

Watermen Applaud Illegal Rockfish Ring Bust|ABC 7 News

Financially strapped Virginia watermen are a step closer to getting the $10 million in federal funds appropriated for crab fisheries disaster relief. In action taken last fall another $10 million was approved for Maryland watermen.

Northern Neck News

Fountain Powerboat Industries started trading on Pink Sheets under the symbol FPWB. As of this morning, the stock was trading at 12 cents per share.

Fountain now trading on Pink Sheets

John Miller, a Newport News Democrat, has introduced a seemingly innocent bill, SB1087, which passed the Senate unanimously and this week begins its House journey. The goal of the bill is to expand the VMRC from eight members to 10, and to add two watermen to the panel.

There is already plenty of opportunity for people affected by regulation to be heard. This legislation would upset the balance of the commission and shift it too far toward the interests being regulated. In other words, because they didn't like the jury's ruling, the watermen want to build a new jury.

Don't let watermen pack the fishing regulation panel | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Eastern District court records under seal until recently show that area watermen fished out of season using submerged nets for striped bass. They also altered and reused fish tags and sold illegal catches on the black market.

Kenneth Dent, who owns property at 2014 Cherry Hill Road, and Jerry Decatur Jr. and Jerry Decatur, both of Stafford, were served with search warrants in 2007 at the conclusion of a federal investigation conducted over several fishing seasons beginning in 2003.

Rockfish sting hits three | InsideNova.com

Let’s get right to the point! The states of Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and New Jersey recognize the importance of protecting striped bass status as a game fish from both a recreational and revenue generating point of view. Legislation is currently pending in Massachusetts to accomplish the same goal. Connecticut has protected this migratory fish for years and now its population has rebounded but not necessarily stabilized. For now, recreational anglers are entitled to a 28-inch, two-fish per day creel limit set by the Connecticut DEP.

Commercial Fishing for Striped Bass? - Valley Courier