Fishermen tackle government regulations

The vagaries of nature at sea are matched on land by disagreements between the government and fishermen over what they can catch, when and where.

Following the fish: LI dock, Bronx market, Manhattan table

POINT LOOKOUT, N.Y. – The journey starts at the dock here, on Long Island, about an hour’s drive east of Manhattan. And it all comes back to Point Lookout, too.

SUPPORT SCIENCE PARK

The Post’s editorial page has twice questioned the merit of investments by New York city and state in the East River Science Park, the city’s first commercial biotech building, which is rising on the Bellevue Hospital campus (“Bloomberg’s Bribes,” Editorial, Nov. 12).We respectfully disagree.

Japan: Fleet to Hunt Humpback Whales

Japan’s whaling fleet will leave port shortly for the South Pacific with orders to kill up to 50 humpbacks, the first known large-scale hunt for the acrobatic, singing whales since a 1963 moratorium put them under international protection.

Gowanus Canal The Cleanup After the Cleanup

Andrea Mohin/The New York Times

The famous smell still lingers, but plans are afoot to make it fainter.

THE year 1999 seemed to mark the end of an era for the Gowanus Canal, and a smelly era it was. In summers past, said Craig Hammerman, the district manager of Community Board 6 in Brooklyn, “the odor would curl your toes.”

A Cleaner Sound

Much progress toward a cleaner environment has been made through the market-based magic of pollution credits.

A Sea Toy James Bond Would Envy

Corey Kilgannon/The New York Times

CRUISING John Re steers from atop the Deep Quest. Chris Fausett, his crewman, is near the bow.

For Sale From Puget Sound: 2 Fixer-Upper Ferries

Lauren McFalls/Associated Press

The Chinook is one of two 350-passenger ferries that Washington State will be selling on eBay.

Fight to Make City Build Watershed Filtration Plant

A lawsuit that could cost the city billions of dollars gained momentum this week, according to the Kingston Daily Freeman (via Eco Politics). Lawmakers in Greene County are considering granting $25,000 to the Coalition of Watershed Towns, which represents dozens of localities in the Catskills in their fight to make the City of New York build a costly filtration system for its water source.

Floating Your Own Boat

 Peter Dennen / Aurora

 

As the sport has caught on, new boat styles have been created that are sturdier, more comfortable and lighter in weight than their predecessors.

Towering Vision by Developer Stirs East Side

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Sheldon H. Solow, 79, proposes to build seven luxury towers on the site of a former Con Edison plant along the East River.

Grand Central Terminal tunnel project progresses

One-hundred sixty feet below East 63rd Street, the sound is deafening.

Then again, 45 steel blades on a $10-million, 640-ton tunnel-boring machine couldn’t possibly be quiet as they slice through an average of 50 feet of granite beneath Manhattan each day.

Columbia Street rising — high

Developers shared their plans to build 170 units of housing in the rapidly changing Columbia Street Waterfront district, but residents made it clear that they opposed the size of the buildings in the $80-million project.

The Embers of Gentrification

For the better part of two decades, the powerful force of affluence has swept across the city like wildfire, transforming neighborhoods in ways that have come to seem inevitable. But what happens when the fire goes out?

IT’S ONE EL OF A PARK

The High Line may be the city’s newest jewel – and for Manhattan developers, the rusting rail trestle has been pure gold.

Future look of a landmark

Bridge and Tunnel Construction Exploding With Major Projects

An “unprecedented” amount of work in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut should keep the bridge and tunnel sector booming for several years.

Waterfront Access at New Harlem Park

Phase II of Harlem River Park set for completion in 2008. Also, Riverdale apartment and office complex gets renovation treatment.

N.Y.C. Pushes State to Approve Gansevoort Plant Site

New York City officials are lobbying Albany in hopes of getting approval to build a marine waste transfer station for recyclable materials on the Gansevoort Peninsula on Manhattan’s West Side.

Focus on East River Waterfront Facelift

East Side residents in Manhattan may one day not have to trek all the way over to the West Side to find an aesthetically pleasing waterfront.