If Fish Could TalkFishing Conservation
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Commercial Fisheries Enforcement Assisted with Facial Recognition Software?
$150,000 reward to write code for facial recognition software to pinpoint illegal catch on fishing boats
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South Atlantic States Cobia Hearings
The South Atlantic states of Virginia through Florida have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Cobia.
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Thanksgiving holiday special: One-day fishing/hunting combo licenses are half-price
Here’s a great way for residents and winter visitors to get the family and friends out and experience Arizona’s great outdoors.
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Oregon: Rogue Valley Trout Plant for the Holiday
Cole Rivers Hatchery is stocking one-pound trout in urban ponds to entice people to opt outside for Thanksgiving angling. This week, Reinhart Park Pond in Grants Pass is getting 500 rainbow trout while 1,500 will go into the Expo Pond in Central Point.
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Two Dams Set for Removal
Friends of the Presumpscot River (FOPR) and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) announced today the filing of a long-awaited settlement agreement that will lead to the construction of fish passage and removal of two dams at Saccarappa Falls in Downtown Westbrook.
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New Barracuda Size Limits Set for Florida
At its November meeting in St. Petersburg, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) set new barracuda size limits.
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Conservation call for Regulations on Smallmouth Bass at Mille Lacs
The Mille Lacs Smallmouth Alliance (MLSA) is educating anglers about techniques and benefits of catch and release, informing area businesses of potential business from this world-class bass fishery, dispelling myths that bass eat walleyes (they don't), and challenging resource management to use scientific-based information to advise regulatory changes.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Causes Coastal Land Loss, According to NASA
The Louisiana shoreline in Barataria Bay during the peak of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis. Photo by Bruce A. Davis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Go Fish: State License Plate to Support Marine Habitat
During the 2016 session of the Georgia General Assembly, members of the Coastal Conservation Association spearheaded an effort to get coastal legislators to amend Georgia law to authorize a new specialty motor vehicle license plate.
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NOAA Plan to Restore Pelagic Gulf Fishes
The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) is implementing a project to help restore pelagic fish in the Gulf. This project will benefit the Gulf of Mexico in the short- and long-term and will compensate for impacts from the spill.
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Lake May be Drained to Stop Whirling Disease
An entire lake may have to be drained of all its trout — or all of its water — to stop a deadly fish parasite (whirling disease) from spreading to more waterways.
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Lake Okeechobee Discharging Stopped
The discharging of polluted water that began early this year from Lake Okeechobee into the surrounding estuaries is finally slowing.
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Lake Okeechobee Reservoir Debate
Without science to back up their claims, the Foundation folks are traveling across Florida crying that the state needs more land south of Lake Okeechobee to help "Save the Everglades."
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Fishing's Future Earns Aquatic Education Award
The 2016 Roland Sigurdson Outstanding Aquatic Education Program Award was presented to Fishing's Future on October 29, 2016 naming Fishing's Future as the #1 Aquatic Education Program in America by the Aquatic Resources Education Association (AREA). Founder, Shane Wilson was ecstatic at the recognition!
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Lake Hefner Confirms Invasive Zebra Mussels
Biologists with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the City of Oklahoma City confirmed invasive zebra mussels have found their way into Lake Hefner, a water-supply reservoir in northwestern Oklahoma City.
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Invasive Species Found on Dock
Zebra mussels confirmed in Adley Lake in Otter Tail County Invasive species found on dock The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed zebra mussels in Adley Lake in Otter Tail County. This is one of several confirmations this fall as docks and boat lifts are being checked for invasive species at the end of the season.
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Mille Lacs Lake to Be Open for Winter Walleye
Mille Lacs Lake to be open for winter walleye fishing Winter fishing limits 1 walleye, 5 northern pike per angler
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NOAA Seeks Input on Snake River Salmon/Steelhead Plan
NOAA Fisheries is inviting public feedback on a new proposed recovery plan for Snake River spring/summer Chinook salmon and steelhead, two threatened species that once represented close to half of all salmon and steelhead returning to the Columbia River system.
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Fish Sampling on Smith River Nets Lunker Trout
CWF volunteers are a great asset to the Agency assisting staff in a variety of field and office activities. Al's reporting and photos are very informative on the hard work of surveying rivers to gather data to improve management of the Commonwealth's fisheries.
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Recreational Dungeness Crab Season to Open Statewide Nov. 5
The recreational Dungeness crab season is scheduled to open statewide on Saturday, Nov. 5 – with a health warning in place for crabs caught north of Point Reyes (Marin County).
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