Recreational
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California's Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishery Opening Delay
Much of the California Coast California’s recreational salmon fishery
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Recreational Boating Infrastructure Legislation
This week, Representatives introduced bipartisan legislation that ensures critical water infrastructure projects are funded on an equitable, sustainable, and needs based system – a top priority on NMMA’s infrastructure agenda.
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Two marine areas of Puget Sound will remain open for recreational crab fishing
Recreational Crabbing in Areas 8-1 and 8-2 to Remain Open Through January
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Participants in the California recreational Dungeness Crab fishery.
Potential measures include pot limits, catch reporting, surface gear restrictions, service interval requirements, marking requirements and changes to in-season management.
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CDFW announed new recreational fishing opportunity
The all-depth fishery will take place only in November and December 2019
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Recreational crab fishing closure planned for WA
The Department of Fish and Wildlife is acting to close recreational crab fishing in areas
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Numerous Wins for Recreational Fishing
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the trade association representing the recreational fishing industry, expressed support for the spending bills recently passed by the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations that make federal investments in areas critical to recreational fishing.
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Closure of Some Recreational Fishing in Klamath Basin
The Commission accepted a petition to list Upper Klamath-Trinity River Spring Chinook Salmon as endangered, setting into motion a status review to be completed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).
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CDFW Reminder 2019 Recreational Groundfish Regulations in Effect
The new regulations were adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission in mid-December.
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What a historic week for recreational fishing!
For the first time ever, a sportfishing-focused bill is headed to the President’s desk to be enacted into law. On Monday, December 17, the U.S. Senatepassed the Modern Fish Act (S. 1520) by unanimous consent, which was followed just days later by House passage on Wednesday, December 19.
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Trump Administraion Announced New Tariffs on Chinese Products, Including Recreational Boating Industry
On Friday, the Trump Administration announced Section 301 tariffs of 25 percent on approximately $50 billion worth of select Chinese products, including nearly 300 marine related parts. In response, NMMA is sounding the alarm and calling on the Administration to withdraw the tariffs.
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Recreational Boating Data to Reduce Accidents Collected in New App Available
SOBOS was produced under a grant from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, administered by the United States Coast Guard
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JUNE KICKS OFF RECREATIONAL OCEAN SALMON SEASON
Additional sections of the California coast will open up to recreational ocean salmon fishing in June. In the Klamath Management Zone, which is the area between the Oregon/California state line and Horse Mountain (40° 05’ 00” N. latitude), the season will open June 1 and continue through Sept. 3, 2018. The Fort Bragg and San Francisco areas, which extend from Horse Mountain to Point Arena (38° 57’ 30” N. latitude) and Point Arena to Pigeon Point (37° 11’ 00” N. latitude), respectively, will open June 17 and continue through Oct. 31, 2018. The Monterey area between Pigeon Point and the U.S./Mexico Border opened on Apr. 7 and will continue through July 2, 2018.
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New Recreational/Commercial Shark Fishing Requirements for 2018
NOAA Fisheries reminds Highly Migratory Species (HMS) vessels that the remaining new recreational and commercial measures implementing Amendment 5b to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP) become effective January 1, 2018. Amendment 5b implemented a range of management measures to end overfishing and rebuild overfished dusky sharks. Other measures for Amendment 5b became effective June 5, 2017. For more details on all of these measures, and to view the associated outreach materials, please refer to the Amendment 5b website:
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Closure of California Recreational Abalone Fishery for 2018
The California Fish and Game Commission yesterday voted to close the 2018 northern California recreational abalone fishery due to ongoing environmental conditions that have significantly impacted the abalone resource. The closure affects next year’s recreational abalone season, which was scheduled to open on April 1, 2018.
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An Attack on Recreational Fishing
Recreational fishing under attack? “We get blamed for a lot of what the commercial guys have caused.”
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Recreational Fishing Participation Increased Nearly 20 Percent Over the Past 10 Years
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released its initial report of the 2016 National Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation national survey. The survey, conducted every five years in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, shows that fishing participation is up nearly 20 percent over the last 10 years. Anglers also increased their overall spend by 2.4 percent during the past five years.
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Recreational Fishing Leaders Testify in U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard held a robust hearing entitled "Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Oversight of Fisheries Management Successes and Challenges." The Subcommittee heard from two panels of witnesses representing recreational, commercial and subsistence fishermen.
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Trump Administration Delivers for Saltwater Recreational Anglers
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the 2017 Regional Fishery Management Council (RFMC) appointments and has shown that recreational fishing and boating are important to the Trump Administration. The appointments of Steve Heins of New York to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Chester Brewer of Florida to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; and Phil Dyskow of Florida, Dr. Bob Shipp of Alabama, and Dr. Greg Stunz of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council are a solid affirmation that the Administration is taking federal fisheries management and conservation in the right direction.
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Salmon Fishery Now Open in Ocean Areas of Washington State
OLYMPIA – Sport anglers now have the opportunity to reel in salmon off the Washington coast in most areas, with a season that began June 24.
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