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Hospital ship Mercy departs Los Angeles harbor

LOS ANGELES (AP) —A Navy hospital ship that came to the Port of Los Angeles to help the region during the coronavirus crisis departed May 15. Tugs pulled the Mercy

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Cannes Yachting Festival to go on

CANNES, France—The Cannes Yachting Festival, one of Europe’s largest in-water shows, will go on as planned Sept. 8-13. Organizers announced the 43rd iteration of the festival will take place this fall. “Although the offices

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Sportfishing resumes at Channel Islands Harbor

OXNARD—The Ventura County public health officer announced sportfishing businesses can resume operations again at Channel Islands Harbor. Two sportfishing charters operated out of Channel Islands Harbor: Hooks Landing and Channel

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State allows Mono County trout opener to go forward

Editor’s Note: Updates to this story will be available on our sister site, fishrapnews.com. SACRAMENTO—Charlton H. Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), lifted the state’s restrictions

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California maritime academy gets OK to start limited classes

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP)—California Maritime State University Academy has received permission to resume limited in-person classes this semester and hopes to send 350 students and staff on its annual summer training

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Sportfishing captain donates catch to Florida Keys residents

KEY WEST, Florida (AP) —Florida Keys sportfishing captain Mike Weinhofer hasn’t had charter clients since the new coronavirus closed the Keys to visitors in March, but he’s still fishing. Weinhofer has