GLIN==> Press release: Western NY Boat Show welcomes "made in NY" Discover Clean & Safe Boat February 23-27

PRESS RELEASE: February 22, 2011
Contacts:  Dave White, NY Sea Grant, 315-312-3042
Dennis Powers, Marine Trades Association of WNY, Dennis Powers, 716-875-2255
     
Jpgs: request Clean Boat, Sea Grant logo, Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers logo from
publicist Kara Lynn Dunn, 315-465-7578, karalynn at gisco.net
 
Western NY Boat Show welcomes ³made in NY² Discover Clean & Safe Boat Feb.
23-27
 
Need to know the gear you must have to legally boat on New York waters? Want
to know how you can prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species that can
damage boats and motors?
 
Then find the 2011 Discover Clean & Safe Boating exhibit at the February
23-27 Marine Trades Association of Western NY Boat Show at the Buffalo Bills
Field House in Orchard Park, NY. National Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers
information will be available at the exhibit.
 
The Discover Clean & Safe Boating campaign is a collaboration by New York
Sea Grant, the Boating Industries Association of Upstate NY, and Marathon
Boat Group, which has donated the use of a 16-foot ³made in New York²
Grumman Oneida fishing boat and a 12¹9 aluminum canoe for the 2011 campaign.
 
Morgan Recreational Supply and Yamaha/Clayton Marina helped equip the boat
with the gear required and recommended for clean & safe boating on NY
waters. 
 
³We are excited to travel through the Great Lakes region to encourage
diverse types of groups and individuals to use easy-to-implement practices
to help slow the spread of aquatic invasive species,² says campaign
coordinator and New York Sea Grant Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist
Dave White.
 
An invasive species is one not native to the ecosystem of interest and
likely to cause harm to the economy, environment or human health in that
area. Aquatic invasive species can damage boat engines and steering
equipment, reduce native game fish populations, degrade ecosystems, make
lakes and rivers unusable by boaters and swimmers, and impact the economies
of waterfront communities.
 
³We are tickled to add the Discover Clean and Safe Boat exhibit to this
year¹s boat show. Boaters are always looking for all the information they
can get to be safe and this new exhibit by New York Sea Grant will do a
great job of providing information on being safe, legal, and
environmentally-sound on New York¹s waters,² said Dennis Powers, who manages
the boat show for the Marine Trades Association of Western New York.
 
CEO John Jackson says, ³Marathon Boat Group is pleased to help people learn
how to enjoy New York¹s fabulous boating waters by following good practices
to protect themselves and the marine environment.²
 
Marine gear by Taylor Made Products of Gloversville, NY, will be among
spin-the-wheel prizes as part of the Discover Clean & Safe Boating exhibit
experience at waterfront events this summer. Exhibit visitors will also be
able to sign a Clean and Safe Boating Pledge. For more info, contact Dave
White, New York Sea Grant, Oswego, NY, 315-312-3042, www.nysgextension.org.
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Western NY Boat Show Facts:
·      The Marine Trades Association of Western NY Boat Show is held at the
Buffalo Bills Field House in Orchard Park, NY.

·      2011 Show Hours: Wednesday, February 23, 5-9pm; Thursday, February
24, Friday, February 25, and Saturday, February 26, 10am to 9pm; and Sunday,
February 20, 10am to 5pm

·      2011 Show Admission: Adults: $5; Children 12 & younger: free with one
paid adult. Free parking.
·      More Info: www.buffaloboating.com

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