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Off-road hybrids

Anybody who runs a boat with a gas engine on the back and an electric motor on the front is familiar with the gas-electric hybrid concept. When you want to be silent and not breathe engine exhaust, you run the electric motor. […]

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Feds extend red snapper fishing

Red snapper season has been extended for six days because of rough seas that have prevented anglers from reaching the offshore fishing grounds, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today (June 29). The season is now set to close at 12:01 a.m. on July 17, NOAA said.

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Anglers wanted for tripletail tagging program

Tripletail are considered a coastal pelagic species, but studies suggest they don’t follow the same migratory pattern as cobia. In fact, no clear migratory trend has emerged from data collected from the Gulf Coast Research Lab’s 11-year tripletail-tagging program.

That doesn’t mean the tripletail program has been a failure, though, because what the tripletail study does not show about migration patterns leads researchers closer to discovering how these mysterious fish move about. […]

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CCA meeting to focus on removal of offshore rigs

Facing the loss of what it estimates is 1,800 acres of valuable fish habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coastal Conservation Association of Mississippi is focusing on opposing the government’s ordered removal of derelict oil rigs, a program known as the Idle Iron Directive.

“Saving Essential Fish Habitat ” is the subject of a CCA of Mississippi meeting scheduled Wednesday night (June 27) at 6:30 p.m. at the Hansboro Community Center at 1890 Switzer Road in Gulfport. […]

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Faircloth remains in control of Elite Series event after three days

Texas pro Todd Faircloth remained in the lead of the Wisconsin Bassmaster Elite Series event after three days, but he was a mere 7 ounces ahead of Alabama’s Aaron Martens with one day of fishing remaining.

Faircloth’s three-day total was 47-11, and Martens had accumulated 47-4 during the Mississippi River event.

“I think I’m in contention to win,” Faircloth said. “I’m in the right areas; I’ve seen some big fish.” […]