Nationwide, as recreational boating gains popularity, each year more boats, equipment, trailers, electronics and personal possessions are being stolen.

Thieves can steal boats on water or land. Thieves have even swum through canals to scout boats and docks out. Many have used trucks and trailers to steal boats. Once a thief gets their hands on your boat, they can strip it, clone it or take it overseas. Stripping is where they remove your boat’s identifiers, including the boat’s hull identification number (HIN). When thieves clone a boat, they place a lower end model’s (often purchased legitimately) identifiers and place them on the higher end model they stole.

Here are some tips to help you reduce your boat theft risk.

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Messages in bottles may sound so old and antiquated. But technology is putting a new spin on this time-honored tradition. In July 2018 a bottle containing a message and GPS tracking, was dropped into the ocean from a ship located just south-east of Iceland.

The project sponsoring the GPS tracked bottled message was designed to show how plastic and other garbage in oceans travel. The goal is to raise consumer awareness about litter and pollution throughout Iceland and beyond.

The project was a collaboration between eleven-year-old Atli Svavarsson, Verkis, and a popular Icelandic television scientist and children’s book writer. Atli, the eleven-year-old at the heart of the project believes garbage thrown into the oceans travels further than most humans realize and believes this project will show ordinary people just how far-reaching the consequences of oceanic pollution are.

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Many businesses fully understand the benefits GPS tracking has to offer. Law enforcement is another sector that can realize the amazing benefits GPS fleet tracking technology brings to the table. These are just a few of the amazing benefits law enforcement can enjoy by adopting GPS tracking technology for your officers.

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Viewed as prey by both mountain lions and wolves, according to a study, Yellowstone National Park elk have figured out the best way to avoid these predators.

While the elk do sometimes get caught, their ability of dodging the predators each day explains why the elk, wolves and mountain lions are all “thriving” on the park’s landscape.

Wolves are conspicuous, charismatic and simple to single out and the leading predator that affects the deer, elk and other prey animal populations. But, the study found the discreet cougar is really the top predator that influences the elk’s movement across the northern Yellowstone National Park’s winter range.

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Fleet management software is a critical component of fleet success for fleets of all shapes and sizes. If you operate a fleet, these are five major reasons to utilize the benefits of fleet management software in 2020 and beyond.

1. Improve Fuel Economy for Your Fleet

The Washington Post reports that fuel accounts for approximately 40 percent of fleet expenses in the U.S. Can you imagine what a difference it would make for your bottom line to decrease those costs? Even small savings in fuel expenses can have huge results when multiplied across your entire fleet. The more vehicles in your fleet, the bigger those savings can be. Even small fleets can benefit from this, however, as profit margins are often slimmer from fleets with few vehicles, making the savings even more productive.

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