Time to Work With Recreational Fishermen, Not Against Them
Environmental and recreational-fishing groups could better accomplish the mutual goal of healthy fish populations by working together rather than attacking each other
Environmental and recreational-fishing groups could better accomplish the mutual goal of healthy fish populations by working together rather than attacking each other
The future of menhaden populations depends on a critical vote by the Atlantic States Marine Commission
Hopes of turning around California’s declining fishing-license sales by allowing anglers to buy one-year licenses were dashed when a legislator killed the legislation.
A federal “research” permit will reopen swordfish nursery areas to longline fishing and could mean the deaths of thousands of undersized swords, sharks and billfish.
National Marine Fisheries Service plans to issue permits for longline fIshing in an area previously closed to protect juvenile swordfish will unnecessarily threaten fish stocks and valuable sport fisheries.
With red snapper rebounding, this isn’t the time to return to overfishing to allow recreational fishermen more days to harvest snapper in federal Gulf of Mexico waters.
Anglers are true conservationists who deserve better treatment by federal fishery managers
Seriously, NOAA? Even on small boats, charter captains need to carry an automobile tire at all times to cushion the sea turtles they catch?
Will President Trump Drain This Swamp?
In a surprise move, the state of Louisiana proposes giving 150 anglers 25,000 pounds of red snapper to catch whenever they wish
How the Marine Recreational Information Program is improving to better manage coastal and offshore fisheries.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has the chance this year to adopt a plan to safeguard populations of this vital little fish.
Environmental and recreational-fishing groups could better accomplish the mutual goal of healthy fish populations by working together rather than attacking each other
The future of menhaden populations depends on a critical vote by the Atlantic States Marine Commission
Hopes of turning around California’s declining fishing-license sales by allowing anglers to buy one-year licenses were dashed when a legislator killed the legislation.
A federal “research” permit will reopen swordfish nursery areas to longline fishing and could mean the deaths of thousands of undersized swords, sharks and billfish.
National Marine Fisheries Service plans to issue permits for longline fIshing in an area previously closed to protect juvenile swordfish will unnecessarily threaten fish stocks and valuable sport fisheries.
With red snapper rebounding, this isn’t the time to return to overfishing to allow recreational fishermen more days to harvest snapper in federal Gulf of Mexico waters.
Anglers are true conservationists who deserve better treatment by federal fishery managers
Seriously, NOAA? Even on small boats, charter captains need to carry an automobile tire at all times to cushion the sea turtles they catch?
Will President Trump Drain This Swamp?
In a surprise move, the state of Louisiana proposes giving 150 anglers 25,000 pounds of red snapper to catch whenever they wish
How the Marine Recreational Information Program is improving to better manage coastal and offshore fisheries.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has the chance this year to adopt a plan to safeguard populations of this vital little fish.
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