Conservation
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Support for Spawning Habitat Protection Zones
As a member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Snapper/Grouper Advisory Panel, it's important to address the implementation of the Snapper Grouper Amendment 36 – Spawning Special Management Zones (SMZs).
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Two Charged with Poaching 35 Maryland Stripers
Two men were charged on Saturday by a Maryland Natural Resources Police officer with poaching 35 striped bass while fishing from a boat off Kent Narrows.
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Arizona Groups, Businesses Share Lees Ferry Trout Fishery Ideas
Sportsmen, conservationists and fishing guides suggest ways to enhance conditions for rainbow trout and native fish downstream
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Colorado TU Calls for Reauthorization of Land & Water Conservation Fund
For 50 Years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped protect public lands and support outdoor recreation. If Congress doesn't act, it will expire in 20 days.
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U.S. Fishermen Get Cameras to Track Bluefin Tuna
Atlantic bluefin tuna are among the most valuable fish in the ocean. Keeping populations sustainable relies, in good part, on tracking how many bluefin are commercially caught, landed, and released.
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NOAA Announces Saltonstall-Kennedy Fisheries Grants Availability
As part of its efforts to build resilient coastal communities and sustainable marine resources, today, NOAA announced the availability of approximately $10 million in competitive grants through the 2016 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program. The program addresses the needs of fishing communities, and increases opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable by funding fisheries research and development projects.
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Feather River (CA) Hatchery Fish Ladder to Open Sept. 14
The fish ladder at Feather River Hatchery in Oroville will open Monday, Sept. 14, signaling the start of the spawning season on the Feather River. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) hatchery workers will open the gates in the ladder about 8 a.m. and will take more than 3 million spring-run eggs and 12 million fall-run eggs over the next two months in order to produce Chinook salmon for release next spring
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DELTA TUNNELS Project Violates Endangered Species Act, Will Hurt Imperiled Salmon, Groups Warn
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Conservation groups warned state and federal regulators today that the Delta Water Tunnels project (the so-called “California Water Fix”) to build massive tunnels to divert water from the Sacramento River to the Central Valley and State Water Projects cannot be permitted under the Endangered Species Act because it would adversely affect protected critical habitat for endangered salmon runs and other imperiled fish species in the Bay-Delta and Sacramento River.
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Florida FWC Approves Barracuda Conservation Measures for South Florida
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at its Sept. 3 meeting in Fort Lauderdale approved new recreational and commercial bag limits for barracuda for waters off south Florida.
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More Fish Attractors for Kansas Lakes
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) Fisheries Section staff recently launched a new program designed to increase the amount of fish-attracting structure in Kansas public waters.
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More Artificial Reefs for Texas Shores
Two new artificial reef projects are moving forward using funding from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment. Texas artificial reefs consist of three types: decommissioned drilling rigs that make up the Rigs-to-Reefs Program; concrete structures that comprise the Nearshore Reefing Program; and large ships that make up the Ships-to-Reefs Program.
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Shark Researchers Tag Record 4 Great Whites in Single Day off Cape Cod
The shark-tagging season remains active off Cape Cod as researchers continue spotting great whites close to shore.
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Whirling Disease Confirmed in N.C.'s Watauga River
On July 27, 2015, whirling disease was confirmed in rainbow trout collected from Watauga River in Watauga County– the first occurrence of the disease in North Carolina. Whirling disease affects fish in the trout and salmon family with rainbow and brook trout, two species found in North Carolina waters, being the most susceptible
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Battle Brewing over N.C. Flounder Limits
Yet another clash between commercial and recreational fishing interests is coming to a showdown, this time over southern flounder and it now involves the North Carolina General Assembly -
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NOAA Climate Strategy to Reduce Effect of Climate Change on Fisheries, Marine Resources
As ocean conditions continue to change, putting ocean ecosystems and the communities that rely upon them at risk, today, NOAA took a first step in providing regional fisheries managers and stakeholders with information they need to reduce the effects of climate change and build resilience.
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Relocation of Endangered Mussels Will Allow for Dam Removal on Michigan's Grand River
Close-up of snuffbox musselThe Department of Natural Resources today announced that the next step to remove the Lyons Dam on the Grand River in Ionia County will proceed as officials start searching for threatened and endangered mussels and moving them out of harm's way.
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Great White Sharks Killing Sea Otters off California Coast
Great white sharks are attacking and killing otters off the coast of California, leaving scientists baffled about why they appear to be preying upon the endangered creatures.
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Public Lands Transfers Threaten Sportsmen's Access in Idaho says TRCP
In an increasingly crowded and pay-to-play world, America's 640 million acres of public lands – including our national forests and Bureau of Land Management lands–have become the nation's mightiest hunting and fishing strongholds.
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Arizona G&F to Monitor Lake Powell, Lees Ferry for Mine Spill Impacts
The Arizona Game and Fish Department, in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), will collect a broad spectrum of environmental samples, both biological and physical, from the Arizona portion of Lake Powell as part of continued monitoring for potential impacts of the Colorado Gold King Mine spill.
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Snowy Grouper Opens in South Atlantic Aug. 20
The recreational sector for snowy grouper in the South Atlantic Region will re-open on August 20, 2015, with an annual catch limit of 23,647 pounds gutted weight or 4,152 fish.
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