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Perfection ? Hotline G&S Surfboards Rusty ? Billabong Buccl ? Ocean Pacific Panama Jack ? Hobie Citrus ? Sessa B Z Body Boards Mike Meyer Skim Boards Scuba Lessons Equipment Sales & Rentals Air Fills Dive Charters aboard the Cool Breeze III il r* to j , C Jr > > ^ c Palmetto Plaza (at the stoplight HOLDEN BEACH MARINA SOLVES BOATERS' PROBLEMS Many boaters love the thrill of boating and fishing but hate the hassle of storing their boat, towing their boat to the beach and launching and loading in the strong current Gary Carr, general manager of Holden Beach Marina, is focused on one thing. "Taking the hassle out of boating." Gary has iden tified five problems that boaters experience and offers his solutions. PROBLEM *1 Storing your boat at home exposes it to the leaves and pine needles found in most yards. A boat will catch a pine needle from a tree 300 yards away and that pine needle will find your bilge pump. Also, most people do not have a locked yard or someone to look after their boat when they are not home. HBM SOLimON#2 HBM buildings and gates are locked and secured with an alarm system and security lights. Storage areas have limited entry dunng operating hours and the only trees we have are palm trees. PROBLEM #2 Towing your boat to the beach wears out your vehicle, uses more gas and you have an increased chance of an accident or breakdown. Trailers rust in a few years, and it is almost impossible to keep brakes on a trailer. Does your trailer have brakes? HBM SOLUTION: Sell your trailer or. better yet. when you buy a boat, save the cost of a trailer. HBM Storage Customers never need a trailer because we do all the launching and pulling you will ever need We make driving to the beach a pleasure instead of a hassle. PROBLEM #3. Launching and loading your boat from a trailer is difficult in the current with an expenenced crew By yourself it is dangerous and often exposes your vehicle to salt water. HBM SOLUTION: We launch and retrieve your boat with our giant $100,000 fork lift. All you do is make one phone call and we launch your boat start the engine, fill with fuel or ice, etc When you arnve at HBM, you park your car. get in your boat and do your thing whether boating or fishing. We will even tell you where and when the fish are biting When J you get done, park your boat at our dock, and lower your antennas as your signal to us you are done for the day. We lift your boat, wash the outside, flush your engine and put your boat on yxjr rack PROBLEM #4. It is no surprise to boaters that boats and motors sometimes breakdown. How many weekends have been ruined because of breakdowns? And how many times has your boat been partially fixed by shade tree mechanics? HBM SOLUTION: We have factory trained technicians and Mike Potts, our service manager, to save the day for you and to have your boat ready for you when you return to the beach. HBM can repair almost any boat and motor PROBLEM *5 If you keep your boat in the water, you must keep it painted with toxic paint. Yearly sanding and painting of your boat is expensive and adds pollutants to the water. HBM SOLUTION: When you expose your boat to salt water only when you use it. your equipment will last longer and it will be better for the environment. Storage when not in use is the answer to small boats Holden Beach Marina is dedicated to helping boat ers enjoy their experience at the beach. Our friendly receptionists provide you with weather information, fishing information and you can file your float plan with us. We monitor VHF 16, so if you need assistance or need to make a phone call, we are available We publish a newsletter keeping you informed of the happenings at the beach such as dredging, inlet condition, fishing and helpful hints. YOU GET ALL THIS FOR AS LOW AS $750 A YEAR COME VISIT THE FRIENDUEST PLACE IN THE WORLD WITH THE NICEST FACILITIES ON THE EAST COAST. LOCATED BESIDE THE HOL DEN BEACH BRIDGE, OR GIVE US A CALL . . .(919) 842-5447. ADVKWTl.SKMENT BRUNSWICK COUNTY COMMERCIAL LANDINGS Year 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Fish (lbs) 1,035,155 1,269,153 1.268.317 1,325.538 1,332,534 1,872,195 1,671,253 1,339,046 Value ($) 1,254,142 1,496,691 1 .543.768 1.743.943 1,716,340 2,387,729 2,080,800 1.531.110 Shellfish 819.479 839.838 675,369 725,604 1,075.085 1,122.340 981.900 956.924 Value 1.181,109 1,813,208 1,514,588 1,372,719 2,197,841 2.206.966 1.722.078 1,974.799 All Fishermen Need To Band Together For Moral Support (Continued From Page 34) not as big as it once was bccause ii has declined some." Street said. "Other industries have grown so much and commercial fishing has shrunk some." Most of the shrinking can he blamed on the closing of local men haden processing plants in the mid 1980s. Local fishermen landed more than 40 million pounds of men haden in 1983 before the industry crashed. The fish, long coveted for its meal and oil. went belly up when cheaper alternatives hit the market. Menhaden had been a mainstay in Brunswick County since before the turn of the century, bul Street said it couldn't compete in the world market with soybean and palm oil. Today, there is one men haden plant in North Carolina. Despite the decline of that fish ery. Brunswick County's commer cial fleet has nearly doubled in the last decade. There were 233 li censed commercial full-time ves sels in 1982 and 418 in 1991 . The county also had 389 part time commercial fishing boats and 17 charter or head boats in 1991, according to the latest statistics available from the Division of Mar ine Fisheries. Street, who heads up the state's marine fisheries research depart ment. estimates those vessels em ploy about 1 .900 people. Some of the major finllsh species landed in Brunswick County are grouper, snapper, tilefish, sharks, porgies. hlucfish and spots. Shell ? Call Us On The Carpet! We Specialize in EXPERT Cleaning of Carpet y^nd Upholstery ^ \ n 1 -800-649-30 13, f\ 278-9599 U Not Delighted ? Don't Pay! F i'll'fi-i i.w i i svvTfin ) <;i XRAMl L UKPKT I'LLXMNC. 4 JIM CO.I Senin/; Brunswick County fur 1 5 \eur\ . "If you took the money out of the economy from all the commercial fishermen it would hurt . " ? Hollis Smith llsh include shrimp, clams, crabs and oysters. Grouper and snapper accounted for more than half of the $1.5 mil lion in commercial fish landed last year. Fishermen caught 439.291 pounds of the bottom fish in 1992 worth SKI I. SI 3. Besides making their own living, commercial fishermen generate business for local fish dealers, seafood retailers and restaurants. "If you took the money out of the economy from all the commercial fishermen it would hurt," Smith says. "It's money that stays here in the county." While tourism has become the county's biggest industry. Smith be lieves commercial fishing is just as important now as it ever was. But the industry is not without its problems. Smith says commercial and sport fishermen are often at ixlds over the resource, and pollu tion linked to coastal development is hurting the fish. "The respect that we used to have people don't have anymore, f It's hooray for me and the heck ' with you with some people." Smith !><aid. "Development has hurt fishing more than anything else on the (coast." Smith Naid commercial and re creational fishermen need to work | together to solve their problems. | "We need to quit picking at each k other and get down to brass tacks and find out what's going on." ' Regulations placed on American (commercial fishermen are prevent ing them from competing in the (world economy, he added. Foreign fishermen who don't face the .-.ame rules can catch more fish at a lower | cost.
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