The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advises anglers that new rules to help manage gag and red grouper, greater amberjack and gray triggerfish in Gulf of Mexico waters take effect on Jan. 1.
The recreational daily bag limit for gag grouper is now two fish per person within the five-grouper aggregate limit in all Gulf [...]
December 30, 2008 | Posted in
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OLYMPIA – Anglers will be able to fish for salmon seven days a week along most of the Washington coast beginning Tuesday, Aug. 26, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today.
The new rules will increase fishing opportunities at Westport (Marine Area 2), La Push (Marine Area 3) and the portion of Neah [...]
August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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The recreational harvest season for bay scallops begins July 1 and continues through Sept. 10. Open scalloping areas on Florida’s Gulf Coast extend from the west bank of the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the Pasco-Hernando county line near Aripeka.
Bay scallops may be taken only within the allowable harvest areas. It is illegal [...]
June 26, 2008 | Posted in
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OLYMPIA – Sport crabbers planning to fish for crab in Puget Sound this summer will find the upcoming season similar to last year’s, including catch-reporting procedures required by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
Starting June 18, crab fishing will open seven days a week in the western Strait of Juan de Fuca and [...]
June 9, 2008 | Posted in
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NEWPORT – Can you dig it? Yes you can! With some of the lowest tides of the year and Oregon’s Free Fishing Weekend, it’s a great time to try your hand at harvesting clams.
Free Fishing Weekend, June 7 and 8, is your opportunity to try fishing, clamming and crabbing anywhere in the state, without having [...]
June 4, 2008 | Posted in
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The recreational harvest season for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico federal waters opens on June 1 and will close on Aug. 5. Gulf federal waters extend beyond nine nautical miles from shore off of Florida.
The red snapper sport harvest season opened on April 15 in Gulf state waters and will close on Nov. 1. [...]
May 28, 2008 | Posted in
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The recreational harvest season for snook closes on June 1 in all Florida waters. Snook season will reopen statewide on Sept. 1.
Seasonal harvest closures protect Florida’s valuable snook populations and help sustain and improve the fishery for the future.
May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The recreational harvest season for snook will close May 1 in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico, Everglades National Park and Monroe County coastal and inland waters. The harvest season for snook will remain closed until Sept. 1 in these areas.
These seasonal harvest closures protect Florida’s valuable snook populations and help sustain and improve the fishery for [...]