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- All Eight Fish councils back Magnuson flexibility
- NEW ENGLAND FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL May 2013 Council Report
- NOAA Fisheries Requests Public Comments on Actions to Improve Management of Vermilion Snapper and Red Porgy in the South Atlantic
- New Proposed shark rule
- Join SAFMC Staff for Live Q&A Session via Webinar on Snapper Grouper Regulatory Amendment 19
- Atlantic HMS Recreational FishingAtlantic HMS Recreational Fishing
- NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Proposed Actions for Red Snapper in the South Atlantic
- NOAA Fisheries Announces a Final Rule for South Atlantic Golden Tilefish
- Gulf Coast Governors Call on Congress to Give Management Control to States for Red Snapper Fishery
- Improved National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan Still Leaves Room for Concern
- Obama Administration Releases Plan to Promote Ocean Economy and Resilience
- NMFS Announces Proposed 2013 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas
- NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments - Proposed Rule Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Quota Increase
- NOAA Fisheries Reminds Fishermen about Recreational Red Snapper Federal Fishing Regulations in the Gulf of Mexico
- Watch Magnuson-Stevens Act Hearing LIVE
- THE ABSURDITY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PART 7 - An Act of Congress Can Help End the Madness
- California Shark Law harms East Coast's Certified Sustainable Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Fishery
- Trip Limit Adjustment for Commercial Harvest of Golden Tilefish in the South Atlantic Waters
- ASMFC PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR SMOOTH DOGFISH MANAGEMENT MEASURES
- PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR WINTER FLOUNDER ADDENDUM
- Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management to Convene a Science Workshop of the Goliath Grouper Joint Council Steering Committee
- Scientists to Consider Management Options for South Pacific Albacore Tuna
- AFMC Scheduled to Meet March 4-8, 2013 in St. Simons Island, GA
- NOAA is Seeking Comments to the Proposed Rule for Modifications to the Gulf of Mexico Gray Triggerfish Rebuilding Plan
- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Revises Black Sea Bass Catch Limits
- NOAA Fisheries is Seeking Comments on a Proposed Rule to Establish the Gulf of Mexico Gag Recreational Season and Modify the Recreational Shallow-Water Grouper Closure
- NMFS closes the General category fishery for large medium and giant Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category Fishery Closing Friday, February 15, 2013
- SAFMC Accepting Public Comment on Measures for Vermilion Snapper and Red Porgy
- Commercial Harvest of Vermilion Snapper in South Atlantic Waters Will Close on February 13, 2013
- NMFS Announces a Final Rule Regarding the 2013 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Season
- Council Considers Black Sea Bass Overage and 2013 Management Measures
- NOAA Fisheries Announces New Regulations for Gulf of Mexico Greater Amberjack
- Menhaden harvest cut
- New England Fishery Management Council News Brief
- Public comment period for Gulf of Mexico Reef fish resources amendment 38
- NOAA Fisheries Announces New Regulations for Golden Tilefish in the South Atlantic
- ATLANTIC RED SNAPPER SEASON OPENED FRIDAY 12:01 A.M.
- ROMNEY TALKS FISHING IN BIG GAME FISHING JOURNAL
- Opening Day of Lower Fly Fishing Area on Salmon River Postponed Due to Low Water Levels
- NOAA Fisheries and State Partners Request Help from Fishermen to Collect Information on South Atlantic Red Snapper During the 2012 Season
- Yellowtail Snapper in the South Atlantic Will Not Close on Sept 11
- SAFMC Meeting Begins Next Week in Charleston, SC
- Fishermen Need Permits for Pamlico Sound Fall Flounder Gill Net Fishery
- NC: Public Comments Sought on Reorganization of Fisheries Agencies
- MAFMC Special Council Meeting via Webinar: September 14, 2012
- Atlantic Dogfish Fishery Certified as Sustainable by Marine Stewardship Council
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Closure Dates for the Commercial Harvest of the Deepwater Complex,the Porgy Complex, Gray Triggerfish, and Yellowtail Snapper in the South Atlantic
- September Opening of Commercial and Recreational Red Snapper Season in the South Atlantic Federal Waters
- Mid-Atlantic Council to Initiate Scup Amendment
- Gulf of Mexico Sector Separation Comment Link
- Mid-Atlantic Council to Host Two-Part Public Listening Session on August 14
- NOAA, NEFMC anticipate cuts of 43%-73% in New England groundfish
- DEC ADOPTS NEW FRESHWATER FISHING REGULATIONS FOR 2012-2014
- Explore Minnesota fishing report 7-27
- Massachusetts COMMERCIAL STRIPED BASS FISHERY TO OPEN JULY 12, 2012
- NEFMC - June Council Report
- NOAA Fisheries Service Announces an Extension to the Gulf of Mexico Recreational Red Snapper Season
- Funding Opportunity Title: Bluefin Tuna Research Program (BTRP)
- Major Actions Taken by the New England Fishery Management Council June 19-21
- Council Requests Emergency Rule to Allow Red Snapper Harvest this Year
- State fisheries commission schedules meet to discuss request for declaratory ruling on menhadden
- Final Rule - Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Quota Increases and Recreational Season
- Recreational Harvest of Golden Tilefish in the South Atlantic Waters is Closing on June 8, 2012
- MAFMC Council Meeting in New York, NY: June 11-14, 2012
- States Schedule Hearings on Black Drum Public Information Document
- Clarification on Rules Concerning the Mixing of Commercial and Recreational Fishing During the Same Trip
- Georgian now has a one-day license available
- Reminder -Restriction on Harpoon Use on HMS Charter/Headboats and Permit 'Requirements for Taking Paying Passengers
- NOAA Fisheries Service is Eliminating the 240-Foot (40-Fathom) Snapper-Grouper Prohibition in the South Atlantic
- 'CATCH SHARE' AMENDMENTS EXPECTED IN HOUSE BILL
- New Hampshire: NEW COD RULES FOR RECREATIONAL ANGLERS TAKE EFFECT MAY 1
- Oregon: Pacific halibut season opens May 1
- Legislation to Protect Lead Fishing Tackle from Unwarranted Bans Clears House of Representatives
- ASMFC Black Sea Bass Board Finalizes 2012 Recreational Measures
- Inseason Actions for the Recreational Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery
- ASMFC Black Sea Bass Board Finalizes 2012 Recreational Measures
- Coastal Anglers - New N.H. Marine Rule Changes in Effect for 2012
- Rebuilding Plan for Red Grouper in the South Atlantic
- Proposed Rule for South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Amendment 20A
- MRFSS STRIKES BLACK SEA BASS AGAIN
- Washington Halibut Seasons Set for 2012
- NOAA Fisheries Service Requests Public Comments on Proposed Regulations for South Atlantic Black Sea Bass
- MAFMC Council Meeting in Duck, NC: April 10-12, 2012 agenda
- New National Ocean Policy Draws Criticism from the Sportfishing Community in House Hearing
- CCA: Catch shares schemes rise from the dead in South Atlantic
- NOAA Fisheries Service Announces New Regulations. Snapper, grouper, dolphin and Wahoo
- NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement reminds boaters to give whales their space
- Federal Court Ruling Will Protect Atlantic River Herring and Shad
- MAFMC Council Seeking Applications for Advisory Panel Members
- Important* Herring Hearings starting next week!
- ASMSC: States Schedule Hearings on Atlantic Menhaden Amendment 2 Public Information Document
- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) Council Seeking Advisory Panel Members
- CONGRESSMAN KEATING TO FORM FEDERAL FISHING ADVISORY BOARD
- NOAA Announces New Regulations for King Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, and Cobia in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
- Reminder of Seasonal Closure for Shallow Water Grouper in the South Atlantic
- CONGRESS EYES MAGNUSON REFORM IN 2012
- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting listening session 12-14
- mafmc: Council Meeting in Williamsburg, VA: December 13-15, 2011
- Check out this catch..and release to the Feds..
- Temporary Gag Regulations for the Federal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico to be Extended
- SAFMC Reminder: Public Hearings for Black Sea Bass, Red Grouper and Wreckfish
- CCA rejects Gulf Council advisory panel recommendations
- Fishers wary of 2012 time bomb as conservation law requirement kicks in
- boatdocumentation
- SAFMC: Public Hearings Scheduled for Black Sea Bass, Red Grouper and Wreckfish Fisheries
- Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council new catch limits and permits considerations
- An update published by the New England Fishery Management Council – October 2011
- MAFMC Public Listening Session Tuesday October 11, 2011
- NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Amendment 18 for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic to Establish Annual Catch Limits
- NOAA Announces Repeal of the Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf gag grouper sport season reopens Sept.16
- FWC proposes protection for hammerheads, tiger sharks
- NMFS Closes Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Northern Area Trophy Fishery, effective July 29, 2011
- oregon -New changes to sport groundfish rules start July 21
- Gulf red snapper sport season ends July 18
- Sockeye retention allowed above Priest Rapids on Columbia River, two tributaries, Lake Osoyoos
- FWC gives more protection to permit
- Commissioners set Gulf red snapper recreational season
- Adjustments to 2011 Recreational and Commercial Quotas for Greater Amberjack
- Temporary Proposed Regulations to Reset the Gulf of Mexico Commercial Gag Quota and Set a Recreational Gag Fishing Season
- Maine Update on 2011 Scup, Black Sea Bass, & Fluke Regulations
- NOAA Legal Memorandum interprets Jones Amendment
- RI: DEM ANNOUNCES 2011 RECREATIONAL SALTWATER FISHING REGULATIONS
- RFA Alert - An Invite From the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council
- Florida Regulation changes
- Minnesota DNR clarifies seasonal closures that protect walleye
- NHF&G News: Volunteers Needed to Help Stock Atlantic Salmon Fry
- Additional Hearings for Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Measures Proposed Rule
- New England Fishery Management Council meeting agenda
- NH: NEW SPRING COD CLOSURE AREA
- Public Listening Session Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting 4-13
- NY SALTWATER ANGLERS DO NO NOT NEED A LICENSE TO FISH!
- New fishing hooks protect bluefin tuna in Gulf of Mexico but allow catch of yellowfin tuna and swordfish
- Recreational season for Atlantic vermilion snapper opens April 1 Florida
- Florida Gulf grouper recreational season opens April 1
- Tn: TWRA Requests Public Input for 2012 Sport Fishing Regulations
- Black Sea Bass Management Information
- Upper Columbia River above Priest Rapids Dam and tributaries close to steelhead fishing April 1
- ASMFC Atlantic Striped Bass Board Initiates Addendum to Reduce Fishing Mortality
- New NC Coastal Fishing Rules Reorganize and Clarify Existing Regulations
- SAFMC : Public Hearings Scheduled for Federal Mackerel, Cobia and Spiny Lobster Fisheries
- NJ: "Traps off the reefs" Bill Passes Full Senate
- SAFMC Council Meeting in Annapolis, MD: April 12-14, 2011
- Delaware:DNREC to hold public hearings on summer flounder, and seabass 3-24
- SAFMC News Release: Council Proposes Reduction in Black Sea Bass Limits
- Attention All Bluefin Tuna Recreational and Commercial Fishermen!!
- Clean Boating Act & Clean Water Act
- Updated Black Sea Bass Management Information
- Mn: 2011 fishing regulation changes become effective March 1
- Circle Hook Requirements in the South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Fishery
- Proposed Rule to Eliminate Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Area Closure
- ASMFC Releases Black Sea Bass Draft Addendum XXI for Public Comment
- Columbia River spring chinook sport fishing season set for 2011
- Atlantic HMS AP Meeting - April 5-7, 2010, in Silver Spring
- Next razor-clam dig starts Feb. 17
- Anglers must retain hatchery steelhead in upper Columbia and its tributaries
- Columbia River fishing seasons set for spring chinook, sturgeon
- WVa: New Fishing Regulations Announced by WVDNR for 2011
- Commission approves new fishing seasons for Lake Sutherland game fish, Puget Sound cra
- NJ Hearing Date, Time and Place Revised for Spiny DogfishHearing
- NEFMC meeting report
- Steelhead fishing rules change in the upper Columbia River
- West Va| New Fishing Regulations Announced by WVDNR for 2011
- Washington| Aggregate bottomfish limit reduced from 15 to 12 off Washington coast
- Commission to consider Puget Sound crab seasons, fishing closures in Elwha River Basin
- NOAA Reminds Fishermen of the “THE EDGES” Area Closure
- Applications Sought For New England Fishery Management Council
- States Schedule Hearings on Draft Addendum VI to the Tautog FMP
- NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Closure Date for the South Atlantic Recreational Black Sea Bass Fishery
- Federal Fishery Council Acts on Skates
- Tautog Management/Hearing Information from the ASMFC
- Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Management Information
- Washington state Commission to consider Puget Sound crab seasons, fishing closures in Elwha River Basin
- Texas: TPWD Pulls Seatrout from Fishing Regulation Proposals
- Florida fishing closures
- CCA: NOAA Fisheries Set to Close Another Vital Fishery
- Proposed Rule to Establish a Fixed Closed Season for Gulf Recreational Greater Amberjack
- Is recreational seabass closure coming?
- Caribbean Grouper Unit 4 and Grammanik Bank Seasonal Closure Reminder
- NC to Close Spotted Seatrout Harvest Due to Cold Stun Events
- Maryland: Important Sport Fishing License Information
- 2011 fishing regs
- Reminder of Seasonal Closure For shallow water grouper in the S. Atlantic
- South Florida spotted seatrout season opens Jan. 1
- Grouper harvest closes in all Atlantic, Monroe Co. waters Jan 1
- Reminder of Seasonal Closure for Shallow Water Grouper in the South Atlantic
- Final Rule to Establish Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Nine South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Species
- New License Requirements For Maryland Anglers Go Into Effect January 1
- Barbed hooks allowed on Columbia River
- Reminder about 2011 Recreational Grouper Regulations in the Gulf of Mexico
- RFA SAYS GOOD NEWS FOR FLUKE, NOT SO MUCH FOR SEA BASS
- Mid Atlantic Council and Board Adopt 2011 Recreational Management Measures
- NMFS adjusts General category bluefin tuna retention limit for January 2011
- Whatcom Creek re-opens to fishing
- North Fork Nooksack River re-opens to fishing
- An update published by the New England Fishery Management Council
- NC: New Spotted Seatrout Regulations to Take Effect
- The Fishery Conservation Transition Act Fact Sheet
- BBC Report on Bluefin tuna tracking system, Full of Holes
- Stripers = Where we stand
- The Pacific Fishery Management Counci November 2010 Council Meeting Decisions
- NOAA Approves Unpopular Catch and Trade Policy for U.S. Fisheries
- Anglers Evaluate NOAA Catch Share Policy
- NOAA’S CATCH SHARE POLICY SETS A TREACHEROUS COURSE
- National Catch Share Policy
- Northeast Regional Redfish Symposium
- Public Comment open on South Atlantic grouper catch limits
- MAFMC Council Meeting in Cape May, NJ: October 12-14
- SAFMC Reviews Options for Future Management of Red Snapper
- Public Comments Sought for Southern Flounder Management Proposals
- NEFMC Meeting agenda Sept 28-30
- NOAA Re-opens Federal Waters offshore the Florida Panhandle to Commercial and Recreational Fishing
- NOAA Re-opens Federal Waters off Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi
- Gulf of Mexico Recreational Greater Amberjack Fishery
- SAFMC September 13-17, 2010 Meeting
- Portion of Marine Area 4 to close to Salmon fishing Aug 21, Washington
- Gulf Council Votes for Fall Red Snapper Season
- Council Reef Fish Decisions
- Mass: COMMERCIAL STRIPED BASS, SUMMER FLOUNDER AND SPINY DOGFISH FISHERIES TO CLOSE
- NMFS Maintains Three-fish General Category BFT limit
- Reef Fish Committee
- NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Public Comments on a Proposed Emergency Action to Authorize the Re-opening of the Recreational Red Snapper Season in the Gulf of Mexico
- NOAA Fisheries Service Requests Comments on a Proposed Rule Intended to End Overfishing of Red Snapper in the South Atlantic
- Help Restore Billfish by Ending Commercial Overfishing of These Threatened Iconic Sportfish
- Summer Flounder, Scup Quotas Poised To Increase
- Council Input
- RFA WELCOMES NATIONAL GROUPS TO FISHERIES REFORM DEBATE
- Atlantic HMS AP Meeting - September 21-23 2010, in Silver Spring
- NOAA Fisheries Service Requests Comments onSouth Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Amendment 17A
- Federal Fisheries Managers Hold Meetings of Public Interest
- Proposed Rule to Modify the Seasonal Closure of Bajo de Sico in the U.S. Caribbean
- NJ Shark regulation update
- Gulf Council Blog
- Current Rec, HMS Charter Regs & Permit Info
- red Snapper closes in the gulf 12:01AM July 24
- The 9 States...and Tournaments..
- The Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries EXTENDS SPRING COD CONSERVATION ZONE CLOSURE UNTIL July 21, 2010
- NE Fishery Council to Work on New Groundfish Rules
- 2010 RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL QUOTAS SET FOR GREATER AMBERJACK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
- Coast Guard News 6-23-10
- Red Snapper Fishery Remains Closed in South Atlantic
- Maine regulations for scup, sea bass, flounder, weakfish and sharks
- RED SNAPPER BAN APPROVED BY SAFMC
- SAFMC Council Approves Measures to End Overfishing of Red Snapper
- ASMFC Continues Effort to Increase Commercial Bass Harvest
- Federal Saltwater Fishing License
- STRIPED BASS UNDER ATTACK FROM ASMFC MISMANAGEMENT
- Recreation angler registration causes confusion
- Maryland Blue Crab hearings to be held June 2