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Harbor Fish Market is a prominent and historic fish market in the Old Port of Portland, Maine, United States. [1] [2] It was established in the late 19th century in the city's working waterfront, and is still doing business out of its original home at 9 Custom House Wharf, [3] [4] which was owned by the same family between circa 1807 and 2022. [2]
Blake Island (Lushootseed: tatču) [3] is a Puget Sound island in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, that is preserved as Blake Island Marine State Park. [4] The island lies north of Vashon Island , south of Bainbridge Island , and east of Manchester . [ 2 ]
The harbor is sheltered and has no commercial marine traffic. The harbor itself is shallow, with a maximum depth of about ten meters at high tide. The bottom is sand and mud with abundant shellfish. Evergreen trees line the shores and climb the hills above Quartermaster Harbor, with heights rising to over 400 feet (120 m) on both islands.
Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park was created by the Government of British Columbia in May 18, 1973, under the advocacy of MLA Don Lockstead and the New Democratic Party government, out of an area comprising 8,449 hectares (32.6 sq mi) and over 60 km (37 mi) of shoreline. [7]
Netscape has a web feed of their fish tank, and for some time had an easter egg hidden in Netscape Communicator that would bring that page up when a user pressed CTRL + ALT + F. [5] [6] [7] The Netscape Fishcam was the 2nd live camera to start broadcasting on the Web.
The Erie L. Hackley was a wooden steamer built in 1882 in Muskegon, Michigan by J. Arnold. It was 79 feet (24 m) long, with a beam of 17 feet (5.2 m), a depth of 5 feet (1.5 m), and a gross tonnage of 55 tons.
A layer of calm, clear and warm seawater provides a habitat for a range of sponges, corals and fish to about 40 metres (130 ft) below the surface. Further down, tannins from vegetation run-off make the sea too dark to support most marine life. [4] The fiords are also a habitat for black corals and brittle stars that live in their branches. [5]
Underwater sound has probably been used by marine animals for millions of years. The science of underwater acoustics began in 1490, when Leonardo da Vinci wrote the following, [2] "If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer extremity to your ear, you will hear ships at a great distance from ...