U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Monday proposed new and expanded hunting and fishing opportunities in 30 national wildlife refuges, including Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois and Wisconsin, and John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia.
The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation announced that participation in fishing increased for the second consecutive year in 2017, with first-time participation growing more than 20 percent.
Mercury Marine was awarded the Most Innovative Product for its new V-8 FourStroke outboards at the Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show.
Brig USA delivered rigid-hull inflatables to Carefree Boat Club locations in southern Connecticut, Seattle, and Annapolis, Md.
Bruce Sargent is retiring from Glastron Boats after serving the company in various capacities for 45 years.
After introducing naturally aspirated V-6 outboards at the Progressive Miami International Boat Show in February, Mercury Marine today is pulling the sheet off new V-8 outboards that are also not supercharged.
West Marine is refocusing on its core customers in an effort to regain market share lost in recent years.
Cobalt Boats LLC filed another lawsuit against Sea Ray parent company Brunswick Corp., charging the company is continuing to infringe on Cobalt’s patented retractable swim step.
When a transient boat pulls into one of the two Irish Boat Shop locations in Charlevoix and Harbor Springs, Mich., one of the first things that happens is an employee handing the boat owner a piece of paper.
The Palm Beach International Boat Show, held March 22-25, posted a 7.5 percent increase in attendance over 2017 — marking its third year of substantial growth.
The Hinckley Company has long been a leader in technology, and in 2017, it became the first production boatbuilder to roll out an all-electric luxury yacht, Dasher.
A slew of major marine industry issues — including some it has confronted for years — are closer than ever to being resolved, making the American Boating Congress, May 9-11 in Washington, D.C., the most crucial to date, organizers say.
Charlie Strang was a marine-propulsion icon. To those who knew and worked with him, he was brilliant. A genius.
Pulling a 42-foot boat alongside the dock at a crowded restaurant and easing it into a 50-foot opening with a throng of spectators watching would challenge even the most seasoned captains, but James Fleming doesn’t think anything of doing just that with his Scout 420 LXF.
When a transient boat pulls into one of the two Irish Boat Shop locations in Charlevoix and Harbor Springs, Mich., one of the first things that happens is an employee handing the boat owner a piece of paper.
“If they’d ban these wake boats on our lake, it couldn’t come too soon,” said a well-dressed couple standing behind a new surf model, “because the wake they throw is a homeowner’s nightmare.”
Dealers need to hear from customers to know what the business is doing right — and wrong.
Law enforcement cracks down on thieves on West Coast of Florida. Marine Industry officials meet in Rhode Island.
There are some great programs already in place to attract younger boaters and anglers
Sometimes a simple “Thank You” can go a long way.