2009/11/10 – California anglers will no longer need to purchase a Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp as of Jan. 1, 2010.
On October 11, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed AB 1052, an amendment to the Fish and Game Code concerning the Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp. This legislation repealed the requirement for anglers to have the stamp on [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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2009/11/11 – Dr. Jane Lubchenco, under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator issued the following statement urging the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to heed the scientific advice and adopt measures that will end overfishing in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean and put bluefin tuna on the [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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The kill during the early portion of the youth hunt was the second largest on record.
2009/11/11—Young hunters checked 13,328 deer during the early portion of Missouri’s youth firearms deer season Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, barely missing a record.
The first Youth Portion of Firearms Deer Season was in 2001, when hunters age 11 through 15 [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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Details are published in the 2009 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet.
2009/11/11–Hunters in most parts of Missouri will find plenty of deer when the November Portion of Firearms Deer Season opens Nov. 14, but they need to check out changes in hunting regulations before the season starts.
This year’s firearms deer season includes [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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Current and approaching seasons in Arkansas:
Mourning Dove and Eurasian Collared Dove
Dec. 5-Dec. 30
Virginia and Sora Rail
Sept. 12-Nov. 20
Woodcock
Nov. 7-Dec. 21
Snipe
Nov. 1-Feb. 15
Late Canada Goose Statewide Season
Dec. 26-Jan. 30
Duck, coot and merganser
Nov. 21-29
Dec. 10-23
Dec. 26, 2009-Jan. 31, 2010
Youth waterfowl hunt
Dec. 5-6
Snow, [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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LITTLE ROCK – Some Arkansas deer hunters like to plan well in advance – scheduling vacations, making reservations, arranging other details of their favorite outdoor activity.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has set deer season openings for 2010 but subject to change in case of emergencies. These opening dates are: Archery: Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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LITTLE ROCK – So far, deer season in Arkansas has been very good. Based on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s online and telechecking harvest numbers, the statewide harvest is already above the numbers for last year. Arkansas’s modern gun season opens this Saturday, Nov. 14.
AGFC deer program coordinator Brad Miller says he expects a [...]
November 11, 2009 | Posted in
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A collection of youth in the Midwest found that banding geese and wading in a river collecting aquatic plants qualified as a summer job.
“I had always admired them from a far, but actually getting a chance to hold one was an amazing experience,” wrote one Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) enrollee about their goose banding [...]
November 2, 2009 | Posted in
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10/29/2009 – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission is looking for commercial and recreational fisherman and scientists to serve on two Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committees.
One of the committees will assist the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries in updating the Albemarle Sound/Roanoke River portion of the state’s Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan. The other will [...]
October 29, 2009 | Posted in
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10/29/2009 – Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and the University of Florida need assistance with a statewide largemouth bass research study. This year-long project is an interactive way for the public to help biologists obtain critical information necessary to manage the largemouth bass fishery for [...]
October 29, 2009 | Posted in
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