It is also planning to launch new speaker docks this year, add more mobile phone cases and more headphones designed for gaming and mobile phones.

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Among the measures the conservationists want are: tougher police action against those who ignore speed restrictions in manatee zones, more manatee refuges and a ban on building facilities, like marinas, boat ramps and docks by new waterfront properties until local authorities have implemented plans to protect manatees.

BBC: Manatee

When the Erie Canal connected the Great Lakes to the shores of Red Hook via the Hudson River in 1825, a new shipping centre was born, and by 1848 more than 800 homes, workers' boarding houses and warehouses had sprung up by the bustling docks.

BBC: A remote hook in New York��s harbour