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Invasion of the Monster Shrimp?

Scientists fear Asian tiger shrimp could be poised to invade U.S. coastal waters. Read More
Louisiana to Defy NOAA Fisheries on Red Snapper Fishing
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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is moving to implement a "Louisiana-only" red snapper season starting in 2013 that will allow anglers a far longer season than federal regulations permit. Read More
Legalize Alternatives to Stabbing Fish
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A large group of fisheries scientists and others ask the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to allow a release method less risky to fish than what the law currently requires. Read More
Five Fishery Bright Spots

Five U.S. success stories — fisheries that regained health through conservation Read More
Charting a Course for Success: NOAA's Recreational Fisheries Initiative
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An op-ed from NOAA administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco Read More
Back to Bluefin
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Science is giving anglers new opportunities to catch and release monsters in the famed giant-tuna grounds of the Canadian Maritimes Read More
Fishing for Irony

Ted Venker is Conservation Director of the Coastal Conservation Association Read More
Q & A: Eric Schwaab - New Head of NMFS

This Sport Fishing newsmaker interview offers Mr. Schwaab the chance to share with the recreational-fishing community the philosophy and approach he brings to NMFS as its new chief... Read More
Too Late to Stop the Train Wreck?

Millions of anglers in this country feel they're being asked to pick up the tab for many decades of ineffective management... Read More
It's in the Eyes

How is it possible that several nongovernmental environmental organizations recently helped organize a workshop to consider allowing fish traps in the Gulf once again? Read More