The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) released a new report, “Recreation Funding in America: Current Results and Future Insights.” This first-of-its-kind comprehensive study conducted by Southwick Associates, Inc. on behalf of ORR aggregates and analyzes current federal funding streams for outdoor recreation and identifies … Learn More
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 NMMA Hall of Fame Award. NMMA Hall of Fame inductees are industry icons — visionaries whose outstanding contributions have and continue to advance, guide, and transform the industry. To nominate a worthy marine leader, … Learn More
Suntex Marina Investors, LLC (Suntex), the largest standalone recreational marina owner in the United States by marina count and boat slips, has completed the process of joining forces with Almar Marinas through the acquisition of four marinas located in Oakland that had … Learn More
TopSide Marinas, a family-owned company that acquires and operates high-quality marinas around the country, announced the acquisition of two marinas on the scenic shores of Lake Michigan, including Bay Marine of Sturgeon Bay and Bay Marine of Chicago. Previous owners, Matt and … Learn More
A team comprised of Downriver residents Justin Bise, Robert Molnar, Ron Thomas and Joshua Cade announce their purchase of Humbug Marina and JP’s Waterfront Restaurant in Gibraltar, Michigan. The team, through a newly formed entity named Rise Gibraltar LLC, took over management … Learn More
In a meeting with the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (MRAA) and the Association of Marina Industries (AMI) formally requested the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) withdraw its proposed amendments to the … Learn More
NOAA Fisheries is providing $6 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The funding will support projects developing technologies to minimize risk from vessel strikes—a primary threat to endangered North Atlantic right whales and other large … Learn More
The Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Appropriations bill recently passed with bipartisan support and with additional funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is delivering $48.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for a FY 2024 work plan to … Learn More
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November 30, predicts an 85% chance of … Learn More
The U.S. Coast Guard has released the 2023 calendar year statistics on recreational boating incidents reporting a decrease in fatalities and incidents. Fatalities fell by 11.3% to 564 from 636 in 2022, while overall incidents decreased by 4.9% from 4,040 to 3,844. … Learn More
