Recreational
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California's Ocean Salmon Fishery Partially Open
California’s recreational salmon fishery will open in ocean waters on Saturday, April 1, 2017, from Horse Mountain (40° 05’ 00” N. latitude) south to the U.S./Mexico border. The recreational salmon fishery north of Horse Mountain will remain closed for all of 2017 due to historically low numbers of Klamath River fall Chinook salmon.
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna Petition Reaction | American Sportfishing Association
Tuna lifecycle. Part of a series of drawings made by the author for the Educational Development Center. Ministry of Education, Male', Maldives Credit: Xavier Romero-Frias
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American Sportfishing Association: Trump election and recreational fishing
Recreational fishing is one of our nation’s most popular traditional outdoors sports with 46 million Americans fishing every year and that includes members of the Trump family.
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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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Recreational Fishing Will Be Allowed in New England Marine Monument
Alexandria, VA – The recreational fishing and boating community applauds the decision by President Obama to differentiate public use from commercial extraction of marine resources by including recreational fishing as an allowable activity in the new Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, located approximately 150 miles off the Massachusetts coast. This announcement carries on with the precedent in recent marine monument decisions to allow recreational fishing as an important and sustainable use of marine waters.
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Recreational Dungeness crab Fishery Now Open Statewide, Commercial to Follow in Seven Days
The last remaining stretch of coast is open to the recreational fishery today and will open to the commercial fishery on May 26, after a seven day notice period. Today the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Fish and Game Commission (Commission) were notified by the director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), after consultation with the director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), that it recommends lifting the last remaining closure of the Dungeness crab fishery (between a line extending due west from 40° 46.15′ N latitude, the west end of the north jetty at the entrance of Humboldt Bay and north to the southern boundary line at 41° 17.6’ N latitude of the Reading Rock State Marine Conservation Area near Redwood Creek).
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Recreational Fishing Industry Brings Policy Priorities to Capitol Hill
Alexandria, VA – – During the American Sportfishing Association’s (ASA) annual spring Government Affairs Committee meeting, recreational fishing industry leaders met with Members of Congress, federal agencies and the Obama Administration to advocate for one of the nation’s most popular outdoor sports. The meeting, held in conjunction with the American Boating Congress, was held May 10-11, in Washington, D.C.
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Recreational Ocean Salmon Season to Open South of Horse Mountain on April 2
California’s recreational salmon season will open in ocean waters on Saturday, April 2, 2016, from Horse Mountain (40° 05’ 00” N. latitude) south to the U.S./Mexico border.
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Sportsmen's Act Approved by the U.S. House of Representatives
A package of legislative provisions that will benefit recreational fishing and hunting, and have a positive impact on natural resource conservation, today passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 242-161. Passage of H.R. 2406, the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, represents another major milestone for the recreational fishing community.
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Alabama Sen. Shelby Takes Action to Address Gulf Red Snapper Fishery Mismanagement
Alexandria, VA – Dec. 16, 2015– Today’s Congressional Omnibus Appropriations bill includes several actions important to recreational fishing championed by Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). The bill includes a number of provisions that attempt to address the ongoing Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery mismanagement that has resulted in an abbreviated ten-day season for private sector recreational anglers.
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Economic Contributions of Recreational Fishing by U.S. Congressional Districts
Alexandria, VA – - We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. And that all politics is local. To this end, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and Southwick Associates released a report, Economic Contributions of Recreational Fishing: U.S. Congressional Districts, along with a series of one-page infographics, which depict recreational fishing’s economic impact on all 435 Congressional districts and the 50 states.
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Florida Gulf Recreational Snook Harvest Closes Tomorrow
Florida Gulf Recreational Snook Harvest Closes Tomorrow
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The Greatest Story Never Told
Recreational fishing has a $115 billion annual economic impact on the U.S. economy and supports close to a million domestic jobs.
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NOAA Seeks Input on Recreational Fishing Plan
We are taking an important step in our management of saltwater recreational fisheries with the development of a Greater Atlantic Region Recreational Fisheries Implementation Plan. Our regional recreational implementation plan will be a blueprint of concrete actions to be taken in the northeast to implement the framework laid out in the National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Implementation Plan.
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Bill Benefiting Recreational Fishing Clears House Natural Resources Committee
The recreational fishing industry applauds today’s passage of a bill by the House Natural Resources Committee that benefits recreational fishing and hunting and natural resource conservation
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California Recreational Spiny Lobster Season Now Underway
Thousands of lobster fishermen eagerly awaited the start of the sport season for California's spiny lobster, which opened Oct. 3 and continues through March 16, 2016.
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NOAA Threatens Recreational Harvest of Red Snapper, Says CCC
There's a lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court in New Orleans that every recreational angler ought to be following like a hawk.
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NOAA Fisheries Marine Recreational Bait & Tackle Economic Survey
Speaking of the jobs that depend on recreational fishing, NOAA Fisheries this week unveiled the first national economic survey of independent retail stores that sell marine recreational bait, tackle and fishing-related equipment.
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NOAA Seeks Comment on Reallocation of Commercial/Recreational Red Snapper Harvest
NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for Amendment 28 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering an action to reallocate the red snapper harvest between the commercial and recreational sectors.
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NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on Recreational Catch Surveys
NOAA Fisheries is seeking comments on a new Procedures Directive outlining a process for transitioning to improved recreational fishing catch and effort survey methods.
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