The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), along with licensed trappers, captured and relocated a nearly 11-foot-long American crocodile from a Coral Gables, Miami neighborhood.
This is the second time this particular crocodile has been relocated. The crocodile found its way back to the same neighborhood canal after the previous relocation.
This crocodile has been blamed [...]
December 23, 2008 | Posted in
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NOAA’s Fisheries Service announced it is making an additional $70 million in disaster-relief aid available to West Coast salmon fishermen, completing a financial-assistance package announced in September, when the agency released $100 million in disaster assistance.
The agency will provide the money to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. The commission is distributing the money to [...]
November 26, 2008 | Posted in
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NOAA’s Fisheries Service today announced that several Northwest Indian tribes and the state of Washington will be eligible for up to a total of $2 million to assist tribal and non-tribal communities affected by the commercial fishery failure in Fraser River sockeye salmon.
“The assistance we are announcing will help tribal and non-tribal fishermen who have [...]
November 24, 2008 | Posted in
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NEWPORT, Ore. — The ocean salmon recreational fishery south of Cape Falcon, Ore., to the California boarder has closed effective 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 when the coho quota for the season is expected to be reached.
“We had a quota of 9,000 hatchery coho this year,” said Eric Schindler, supervising biologist for the Oregon Department [...]
August 15, 2008 | Posted in
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Wildlife conservation group to hold catfish tournament to raise funds
BURLINGTON — The John Redmond Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its Fourth Annual Catfish Tournament at John Redmond Reservoir on July 26 from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.
“This is the first time we have tried a catfish tournament as a way to raise money for [...]
July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office are teaming up to educate fishermen about varieties of fish, many of which are being illegally harvested in very high numbers in the Keys.
The officers are posting signs on 24 fishing bridges in the Keys, from Key Largo to [...]
July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Effort involved lobstermen and students at three high schools
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said today that the lobster “V-notch” program has achieved the level of success needed to delay – for at least one year – an increase in the current minimum legal size for lobsters that are taken from the waters of [...]
July 21, 2008 | Posted in
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The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will monitor the San Francisco Bay halibut fishery to ensure that current regulations are protecting the species from overfishing. Recreational anglers and commercial hook-and-line fishermen are harvesting a higher than normal number of halibut from the bay for this time of year.
“This successful harvest is likely due to [...]
July 1, 2008 | Posted in
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LITTLE ROCK – Anglers after the big one on the Arkansas River will have to wait. High water and current on the river have forced the Arkansas Hospitality Association to reschedule the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza to August 1-3.
Originally scheduled for June 27-29, the tournament is the largest amateur tournament in the nation, with as [...]
June 19, 2008 | Posted in
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COLUMBUS, OH – Boaters and anglers are reminded that horsepower regulations on several state wildlife area lakes will increase on July 1.
Beginning July 1, boats with motors greater than 10 horsepower will be allowed on Knox Lake in Knox County, Lake La Su An in Williams County, Oxbow Lake in Defiance County and Rupert Lake [...]
June 16, 2008 | Posted in
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