DURHAM, N.H. – The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will hold a public hearing in January on proposed marine aquaculture and crab harvest reporting rule changes, as well as amendments to the rules on lobster tail processing. The hearing will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at the Urban Forestry […]
Measures approved for dolphin, blueline tilefish, yellowtail snapper and black sea bass; 2016-2020 Vision Blueprint if approved by the Secretary of Commerce, new federal fishing measures approved by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council during its meeting last week in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina will be implemented in 2016. The regulation changes are designed to […]
MOREHEAD CITY — Waters in the Pamlico Sound and the northern portion of Core Sound will close to anchored, large-mesh gill nets starting one hour after sunrise on Thursday morning due to interactions with sea turtles. The closure impacts Management Unit B under the state’s Sea Turtle Incidental Take Permit, which includes all of […]
MOREHEAD CITY — In adopting a supplement to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan, The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has instituted a combination of size limit changes, modifications to fishing gear allowances, total allowable landings and season closures. Beginning Jan. 1, 2016, the commercial minimum size limit will go up from 14 inches to 15 […]
NEW ORLEANS — Over the course of the past week, the Coast Guard responded to multiple cases along the Gulf of Mexico where people in distress were not wearing lifejackets. Life Jackets should be used with any activity on the water, whether it’s done with a paddle, motor or a sail. Using a properly fitted […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for a man believed to have entered the water Thursday near Sandy Point State Park off Annapolis. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a report Thursday at approximately 9 p.m. from Anne Arundel Fire Rescue stating a man not wearing a life jacket fell overboard […]
NEWPORT, Ore. – A new analysis of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Pacific Ocean documents a dramatic difference in their foraging habits and overall health between years of warm water and those when the water is colder. The study found that when the water is warmer than average – by only two degrees Celsius […]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) reminds anglers that there is a closed season for the recreational harvest of gag grouper from January 1st through June 30th of each year. Additionally, the recreational harvest of black, red, yellowfin and yellowmouth groupers closes from February 1st to March 31st of each year seaward […]
Several species of grouper will close to recreational and commercial harvest starting Jan. 1 in Florida state waters of the Atlantic, including Monroe County. This seasonal closure includes gag, black, red, yellowmouth, yellowfin and tiger grouper; scamp; red hind; rock hind; coney; and graysby. State waters in the Atlantic are from shore out to 3 […]
The S.C. Natural Resources Board, the policy making body of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 in Room 335 (board room) of the Rembert C. Dennis Building located at 1000 Assembly St. in Columbia. Board meetings are open to the public and anyone with business for […]
