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Sturgeon collision in Suwannee injures two Brevard teens
[7/6/07]

Famous Boat restored in Campbell River
A 16-metre fish boat, the BP 45, is the centrepiece of Campbell River, B.C.’s new Maritime Heritage Centre. Built in 1927 by Burrard Shipyards in North Vancouver as part of a fleet of seiners owned by BC Packers, the BCP 45 is more famous for the photo taken in the 1958 Sockeye season north of Campbell River. This photo appeared on the Canadian five dollar bill from 1972 to 1986. After 68 years as a salmon seiner, troller, gillneter, beam trawler and tow-off for the winter herring, the BCP 45 was retired in 1996, and donated to the BC Maritime Museum in Vancouver. In 2002, it returned home to be restored. ( Victoria Times Colonist 07Mar25 | Maritime Heritage Centre) [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

Hatfield will not compete in 2006 Velux 5 Oceans Race
Oct/06: Derek Hatfield, originally built a new Open 60 sailboat “Spirit of Canada” to compete in the Velux 5 Oceans starting from Bilbao, Spain October 22. Hatfield and his team have now decided not to participate. The boat was built with support from thousands of Canadians, who donated money to have their name painted on the hull. Hatfield will now enter the boat in the Vendee Globe 2008, a singlehanded, non-stop sailing race around the world starting November 2008 - one of the toughest races on earth. (Canadian Boat Shows & Events | Canadian boating News Archive) [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

New Fish and Bait Viruses in Ontario
A new virulent fish virus, viral hemorrhagic septicemia, has been found in fish in the lower Great Lakes - Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. This virus has been linked to die-offs of four fish species so far, and could decimate fish if allowed to spread. The U.S. banned the import of 37 live fish species - including rainbow trout, chinook and coho salmon - from Ontario and Quebec, and also banned movement of fish between eight states. The Ontario government is putting restrictions on transport of live bait from the Great Lakes area to stop the virus from spreading north and west. (cbc.ca)Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources will prohibit the sale of crayfish and frogs as bait sometime in 2007. Testing of bait-shop frogs found a 100% infection rate of ranavirus, which research has found can spread to fish. (fishontario.com) [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

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Canadian woman falls overboard in Atlantic
Dec/06: Laura Gainey, 25, was swept over the side of the Picton Castle Friday, about 760 km. off Cape Cod, Mass. Gainey, daughter of Montreal Canadiens’ general manager and former NHL player Bob Gainey, was not wearing a life-jacket. Daniel Moreland, senior captain of ship, said the crew continued the search through the night along with a Canadian Coast Guard C-130 aircraft, and a merchant marine tanker. The Picton Castle, a sail training ship based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, was caught in a gale enroute to the Caribbean. The second of its four voyages around the world was chronicled in a TV series Tall Ship Chronicles , produced in Canada in 2001/02. [CBC.ca | picton-castle.com] [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

Salmon Information
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Fund created for U.S. Sailor stabbed in Halifax
Nova Scotians have respond tremendously, donating more than $34,000 for the family of Petty Officer 1st Class Damon Crooks, the American sailor from the USS Doyle stabbed to death in Halifax while trying to break up a fight. The Chronicle Herald opened up the Damon Crooks Family Fund to help his fiancee Ms. Washington and her baby in Jacksonville, Fla. (atlanticcanadalive.com) [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

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