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$20 Million in Grants for Boating Infastructure
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program continues its substantial contributions to recreational boaters and local communities and their economies through this year’s award of $20.6 million in grants to states and U.S. territories.
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$3.75 million in funding available for uninfested California water bodies
Quagga/Zebra Mussel Prevention Grants Available in California $3.75 million in funding available for uninfested California water bodies
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Hatchery getting a $3.3 million renovation
The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is conducting a $3.3 million renovation of the Sterling Springs Fish Hatchery in Oak Creek Canyon, north of Sedona. AZGFD expects to complete the renovations by June of 2019.
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More than $3 million in oyster recovery approved
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has been approved to invest more than $3 million in oyster recovery and restoration activities in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, following unanimous support from the Board of Public Works.
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Fisheries Habitat Restoration and Forest Legacy Projects Awarded $13 Million Plus
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced the selection of 41 projects that will receive funding for the restoration, enhancement and protection of anadromous salmonid habitat in California watersheds, as well as forest legacy restoration.
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2018 Sees Over 21 Million Fish Stocked in State Waters
Rainbow trout, chinook salmon, steelhead and seven other species and one hybrid were among the 21,116,476 fish – weighing a combined 333 tons – stocked in Michigan’s public waters so far this year.
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3 Million More Smolts for Columbia Basin Hatcheries
Plans to release 3 million additional hatchery-raised smolts into the Columbia River Basin are raising questions about the impacts increased hatchery production could have on recovering wild stocks.
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A $1 million fishing boat crashed and sank during a fishing tournament off the coast of Texas
A $1 million boat crashed and sank over the weekend during a fishing tournament off the Texas coast, and another fisherman alleges it's because the captain had put the vessel on autopilot while he was measuring his catch.
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$4 million for western states and tribes to combat invasive quagga and zebra mussels
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has allocated more than $4 million to support existing work by western states and tribes to combat the spread of invasive quagga and zebra mussels. Arizona has several quagga mussel-infested waterbodies and will benefit from the increased funding.
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Work begins on $10 million Alameda Creek fish ladders
Denied access to their natural spawning grounds in the Alameda Creek watershed for roughly 50 years, threatened fish species will soon be able to migrate upstream when two multi-million dollar fish ladders are completed.
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One Million chinook salmon released into Sacramento River
CDFW releases more than 20 million fish each year. However, the Sacramento River release is a relocation. The salmon would normally be released along the Feather River. The location was moved about 35 miles downstream to the Sacramento River.
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Rescued Steelhead Released into Feather River | CDFW Stocking Half -Million
Hatchery trucks from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today began the weeklong process of stocking a half million young steelhead smolts on the Feather River near Yuba City. The 125,000 fish released Monday were the first of the fish reared from eggs rescued from the Feather River Fish Hatchery during last year’s Feather River spillway failure. Plants will continue through Thursday near Yuba City.
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$2.4 million offered to reduce fishing bycatch
Federal ocean managers are making more than $2 million available to try to help fishers catch less of the wrong fish.
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Stocking one million largemouth bass in Lake Apopka
What: Photo and interview opportunity When: Thursday, Nov. 30, from 10 to 11 a.m. Where: The event will take place at the Winter Garden Boat ramp next to Tanner Hall (29 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden)
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CDFW Awards $1.3 Million for Cannibis Cultivation Restoration in Watersheds
Damage from a trespass grow.Photo: Scott Bauer/CDFW for habitat restoration projects within California’s Northern Coastal watersheds most impacted by unregulated cannabis cultivation.
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25 million plus fish stocked this year already
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced the totals from its spring and summer fish stocking efforts. The DNR stocked a total of 25,470,199 fish that weighed more than 320 tons and consisted of 11 different species and one hybrid.
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Fishing participation has increased by 1.5 million over the previous year
The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation says fishing participation has increased by 1.5 million over the previous year.
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76 Million Acres Offered in Gulf of Mexico Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the Department would offer 75.9 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. The region-wide lease sale scheduled for August 16, 2017 would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and provide a reduced royalty rate for shallow water leases to encourage exploration and production under current market conditions.
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Economic value of Sam Rayburn Fishery 47 Million
$31 million (66%) comes from Bass fishing tournaments.
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