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We all see what storms like Gustav and Ike can do to houses, cars, trees, and interstate highways, which become bumper-to-bumper evacuation routes. Less visible is the toll they take on underwater life and on a more human level, those who make a living while feeding the country from an instantly compromised aqua world.In that Replica Tag Heuer 1/10th cj1111.ba0576 Link Chronograph Watch vein, U.S. Commerce Secretary M. Carlos Gutierrez officially declared the Gulf of Mexico: a fishery resource disaster due to the devastation following Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.“The economic impacts of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike on fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico will hurt these communities,” Gutierrez said.

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Some interesting news emerged from the endless, often similar-looking piles of high-tech rods, reels, shades, and floating lines at this years Fly Fishing Retailer Expo in Denver: Simms has teamed up with the rubber sole maker Vibram to produce felt-free boots that apparently work. For the past couple of years, scientists have soured on felt-soled boots, because they can carry aquatic nuisance species and the invasive algae didymo, Replica Tag Heuer waf141a.ba0813 Aquaracer Quartz Watch which is unaffectionately known as rock snot. The anti-felt movement has picked up steam: In October, Fish and Game New Zealand will enact a ban on felt-soled boots, and a few U.S. states are considering similar measures. Problem is, most rubber soles slip off rocks, which can mean full waders in fast currents. Simms is confident enough in the new sole, made out of a sticky rubber-composite, that they plan on ending production of all felt soles by 2010. —Abe Streep