Blue Seal Feeds beefs up for changing times
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DERRY, N.H. -- Jackson Strong remembers when the customers at Blue Seal Feeds and Needs were mostly farmers.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 14--MANATEE -- Every dog could have his day at outdoor dining areas of certain restaurants around Manatee County later this year.
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Even with the big winds from the week's cold front keeping many boats ashore, there is a sense that the roundup just before the fall migration is about to begin. That means lots of fattened fish -- stripers and bluefish mainly -- are on the move and doing their best to load up on food before the 1,000-mile swim south. ...
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The blue whale, possibly the largest animal ever to live on Earth, is making a comeback, research shows.
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By Austin Fenner, Daily News, New York  Sep. 19--New York City's drinking water supply is being guarded  around-the-clock against toxic and biological weapons by an unlikely band of  sentinels -- the hardy bluegill fish.
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By Sara Kennedy and Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 13--PORT MANATEE -- A state fish hatchery at the port is relocating and is looking for a new facility site that will be the flagship for an expanded statewide program just beginning to take shape.
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All along the South Shore, bluefish remain the story, with their numbers falling just below the near-nuisance level they reached last week. For those looking for bigger game, tuna bites continue to get stronger around the Cape and environs as the calendar wanes.
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Scientists investigating high mortality rates of seals say no fast answer has emerged. Reports of stranded seals have slowed to normal rates in recent weeks, but researchers continue to search for clues about what happened to the harbor seals last summer in Maine.
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A gray seal pup that wandered inland looking for food was killed by a car crossing a road on New Jersey's Long Beach Island.  The seal died Tuesday night on Long Beach Boulevard in the township of Long Beach.
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In the waters and beaches off this Cape Cod town, the shiny scalps and whiskered snouts of the gray seal are everywhere. They bask in the sun, mug for boaters and, fisherman say, eat way too many fish.
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In the waning days of summer, stripers and blues remain steady, but the bluefin tuna season is just getting under way. Tuna are beginning to appear in Boston Harbor and points north, an indication of a strong season.
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By NOEL K. GALLAGHER Staff Writer  As fast as their chubby little bodies would carry them, four young harbor seal pups rescued by the Marine Animal Lifeline were returned to the sea Saturday with a plop! plop! plop! into the surf at Pine Point Beach.
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Animal conservation groups call for new legislation to protect seals in Scottish waters.
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A simple sea creature could help to address the problem of global warming, a scientist claims.
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By Lee Graves, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 27--Bo Haycox might have needed a pinch Monday morning to make sure he hadn't dreamt about landing a pending state record bluefin tuna Sunday.   But what he really needed was a massage.
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Cities are using bluegills to safeguard municipal water supplies. The fish react immediately to toxins in the water, so if the aquatic denizens start to flap their gills while swimming in tanks replenished constantly with reservoir water, a warning e-mail is triggered.
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A key food source for Antarctic seals, whales and penguins has declined about 80 percent since the 1970s in ocean waters near the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers report.