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Saltwater recreational fishing continued to provide important economic benefits to America’s coastal communities in 2008, bringing fishermen to the shore to reel in fish, book spots on charter and party boats, buy bait and tackle, stay in local inns and eat at local restaurants, according to a report issued this week by NOAA’s Fisheries Service.
Saltwater [...]
NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today extended Endangered Species Act protection to more Atlantic salmon by adding fish in the Penobscot, Kennebec, and Androscoggin rivers and their tributaries to the endangered Gulf of Maine population first listed in 2000.
The decision is part of the ongoing effort to recover the imperiled [...]
Final rule gives states more time to implement local data gathering
NOAA’s Fisheries Service released its final rule today to create a national saltwater angler registry of all marine recreational fishermen to help the nation better protect our shared marine resources. A requirement to establish a registry was included in a statute approved by Congress in [...]
SACRAMENTO – An order today signed by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette will allow the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to stock more waters than would have been allowed under his Nov. 6 tentative ruling. The order is a result of weeks of negotiation among DFG, and the Pacific Rivers Council and Center [...]
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 [...]
Late-fall run could lead to better fishing at Flaming Gorge
Flaming Gorge anglers could see a nice bonus in future years after kokanee salmon ran up Sheep Creek this past October.
Two kokanee salmon spawning runs happened in Sheep Creek this fall, one in September and one in late October. The two runs provided biologists with plenty [...]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez determined that there has been a commercial fishery failure due to a continued fisheries resource disaster in the sockeye salmon fisheries in Puget Sound and the northern Pacific coast of Washington.
“Several Northwest Indian tribes and non-tribal fishermen in the state of Washington have been hurt by drastic declines in [...]
One of the biggest Chinook salmon ever recorded in California was found dead of natural causes in lower Battle Creek near Red Bluff last month. Department of Fish and Game (DFG) biologists measured to estimate what the live weight of the dead fish would have been. A standard size-to-weight formula was used to determine approximate [...]
General turkey-hunting seasons are closed for the year, but hunters and anglers still have plenty of opportunities to contribute to the Thanksgiving Day feast in the days ahead.
The late buck season – already under way in Eastern Washington – gets started tomorrow (Nov. 13) on the west side of the Cascades for deer hunters using [...]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Midwest Region this October received the first of a series of automated fish tagging trailers – an initial step in the development of a mass marking program that will eventually mark or tag all salmon and trout stocked into U.S. waters of the Great Lakes. Once implemented, this [...]
Youth Conservation Corps – An Experience to Last a Lifetime
NY DEC, Friends of Five Rivers Break Ground for New Education Building
Bald Mountain Recreation Area Hosting ‘Artunes on the Mountain’ Fund-Raiser Oct. 10
State-Fish Art Expo Coming to Texas
Youth Waterfowl Season and Youth Squirrel Season Dates Are Coming Up in West Virginia
Young Shotgunners Invited to First Fall Classic Trap Shoot in Missouri
Martin County free Kids’ Fishing Clinic set for Sept. 12
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