Waterfront Times

NOAA: Ciguatera a greater threat as sea temps rise

Sun, 12/27/2015 - 10:41pm admin

If you’re dining on deepwater fish right now, put this down and pick it up after dessert. It’s about ciguatera.

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Shopping marine-style

Sun, 12/27/2015 - 10:35pm admin

Over 200 vendors will display everything from flip flops to fishing gear on Jan 23-24 at the annual Nautical Flea Market, hosted by the cities of Lighthouse Point and Pompano Beach.

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Scott and Anita McIlvaine pose in front of their 43-foot Post sport fisherman. They live in Pompano Beach and will participate in three boat parades: Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, and Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest.

Decked-out boats join a variety of seasonal parades

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 2:44pm admin

For South Florida boaters, this may be the brightest season of all.

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FWC officer David Brady was awarded a medal of valor and a purple heart for saving a life — his own — in a gunfight on the water in Northwest Florida.

Plan to fish in the Gulf? Amberjack are off limits

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 2:07pm admin

Don’t keep any more amberjack caught in Gulf waters this year.

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Model boat friends: Guy Clifford (left) and Brian Fulford, both career seafarers and friends for decades, check out a detailed, hand made scale remote control model of a tug boat at Fulford’s waterside home in Fort Lauderdale.

Career seafarers to form local model boat-racing group

Wed, 10/28/2015 - 1:05pm admin

Two career yachtsmen who spent the better part of their lives hop-scotching across oceans have set their sights on new scaled down horizons.

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Park super heading for greener pastures

Wed, 10/28/2015 - 1:00pm admin

Brian Carlstrom won’t be taking many more complaints about a no-fishing zone, under-enforcement, boat-crowding prohibitions and all the other headaches he’s endured as superintendent of

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The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show: This year’s Nov. 5-9 event offers 5-star catering and other perks to keep the crowds coming.

Boat show changes time slot to avoid bad weather

Fri, 10/02/2015 - 2:44pm admin

Coastal cities around the U.S. host boat shows to fuel the industry and generate interest among boaters. In November, the grand poobah of events occurs in our own backyard.

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Barracuda conservation goes into effect Nov. 1

Fri, 10/02/2015 - 2:37pm admin

Florida’s first barracuda regulations will go into effect in waters of the southeast and Keys on Nov. 1, with daily bag limits of two ‘cuda per person and six per boat.