Massive Blackfish Smashes Record
The giant tautog will likely enter the IGFA books as one of only four over 20 pounds.
The giant tautog will likely enter the IGFA books as one of only four over 20 pounds.
US Coast Guard crews spotted five lanchas with 22 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing near Texas.
Added as a rider to the federal budget, President Biden recently signed the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act into law, phasing out the use of large mesh drift gillnets.
Capt. Dean Krah was guiding an angler in a Maine river when they hooked the sand tiger, a probable first for the state.
Despite the wishes of anglers and environmentalists alike, commercial menhaden harvest remains largely unchecked in the Chesapeake.
The outsized longfin albacore, which was caught in the Hudson Canyon, breaks a nearly 40-year-old Garden State record.
Some were hopeful that additional protections would be placed on menhaden in Virginia, but instead a memorandum asking commercial harvesters to take federal holidays and weekends off in the summer was passed instead.
This small, strange fish swallowed a large squid that left one angler scratching his head.
The survey, which has been conducted for nearly 70 years, provides a glimpse into the health of the fishery. Are this year’s results positive?
An amendment that would allow the transfer of striped bass quota is being considered. Opponents of the measure believe it could lead to overfishing.
If coastal habitat degradation continues, our favorite fisheries will continue to decline no matter what regulatory measures are put in place.
Have you heard of the Marine Resources Education Program? It’s a great way to learn all the ins and outs of fisheries management.
The giant tautog will likely enter the IGFA books as one of only four over 20 pounds.
US Coast Guard crews spotted five lanchas with 22 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing near Texas.
Added as a rider to the federal budget, President Biden recently signed the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act into law, phasing out the use of large mesh drift gillnets.
Capt. Dean Krah was guiding an angler in a Maine river when they hooked the sand tiger, a probable first for the state.
Despite the wishes of anglers and environmentalists alike, commercial menhaden harvest remains largely unchecked in the Chesapeake.
The outsized longfin albacore, which was caught in the Hudson Canyon, breaks a nearly 40-year-old Garden State record.
Some were hopeful that additional protections would be placed on menhaden in Virginia, but instead a memorandum asking commercial harvesters to take federal holidays and weekends off in the summer was passed instead.
This small, strange fish swallowed a large squid that left one angler scratching his head.
The survey, which has been conducted for nearly 70 years, provides a glimpse into the health of the fishery. Are this year’s results positive?
An amendment that would allow the transfer of striped bass quota is being considered. Opponents of the measure believe it could lead to overfishing.
If coastal habitat degradation continues, our favorite fisheries will continue to decline no matter what regulatory measures are put in place.
Have you heard of the Marine Resources Education Program? It’s a great way to learn all the ins and outs of fisheries management.
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