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MarineMax Celebrates 20 Years
Happy anniversary to MarineMax, which is celebrating its
20th official year in business. Over the last two decades,
the boat retailer has grown from a small shop to the
largest boat retailer in the world. Chairman and CEO Bill
McGill initially started the company up in Florida, later
merging with other retailers to offer expanded and more
efficient services. The company continues to work under
the mission of getting boaters out on the water. Today,
the company offers not only a diverse range of boats,
but also financing and insurance, educational programs
and other boating-related events. To celebrate its 20th
anniversary, MarineMax will be hosting a number of
activities throughout 2018.
For more information, visit MARINEMAX.COM.MUSTHAVE
Garmin Introduces Ultra HD Scanning Sonar Technology
Say hello to clearer sonar. Garmin announced its new Ultra High-Defi nition scanning
sonar technology that uses a higher frequency range to deliver stunningly clear
images and detail of fi sh below the boat. The ClearVü image clarity lets anglers see
up to 200 feet below the boat, so fi sh really have nowhere to hide.
“Our Ultra High-Defi nition scanning sonar will give inland and nearshore anglers
the greatest detail available from a Garmin system to date,” says Dan Bartel, Garmin
vice president of global consumer sales. “It’s available as a standalone system
that’s compatible with all of our current GPSMAP and select ECHOMAP Plus multi-
function displays, further proving our continued commitment to offering the best
sonar technology in the market to
both our existing and future
customers.”
For through-hull installation,
the GT34UHD-TH is also
available with a suggested
retail price of $799.99 for
a single transducer, or the
GT34UHD-THP includes
two transducers for
$1,249.99.
For more information, visit
GARMIN.COM/NEWMARINE.In a March draft report, the Ohio EPA declared Lake
Erie’s Western Basin (from the Michigan/Ohio state line
to the Marblehead Lighthouse) impaired for recreation “due
to harmful algae and drinking water due to occurrences
of microcystin.”
This first-time assessment of Lake Erie was completed
because the Kasich Administration requested input from
representatives from The Ohio State University Sea
Grant College Program, Bowling Green State University,
University of Toledo, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and U.S. EPA to identify a science- based
process for assessing impairment in Ohio’s Western Basin
open waters for harmful algae. To date, no such process
has existed, so Ohio has not been able to determine if the
open waters of Lake Erie should be listed.“While designating the open waters of the Western
Basin as impaired does not provide, as some suggest,
a magic bullet to improve the lake, the State remains
committed to our obligations under the Clean Water
Act and to examine emerging science and practices that
we can put in place to help improve it,” says Ohio EPA
Director Craig W. Butler.
Note: This impairment does not mean that the lake is
unsafe for drinking water, or for recreational boating and
swimming. It means that the open waters of Lake Erie do
not meet federal or state water quality goals.
To view the report in its entirety, visit E PA. STATE .OH .U S. LAKE ERIE PHOTO COURTESY OF NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORYSCUTTLE
both our existing and future
customers.”the GT34UHD-TH is alsoGARMIN.COM/NEWMARINE.GREAT LAKES NEWS
Western Lake Erie
Declared ImpairedGREAT LAKES NEWS
Final Spending Bill Includes
Great Lakes Funding
After months of back and forth, Congress approved
a spending budget that includes $300 million for
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. This budget
will last until September, when negotiations will
begin again. Congress also mandated that the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers submit a report on what
more can be done to keep Asian carp from getting
into Lake Michigan, especially by making the locks
safer in Joliet, Illinois.MAY 2018 | LAKELANDBOATING.COMScuttle_MAY18.indd 12 3/28/18 12:55 PM