State Fisheries Management Can Provide Better Outcomes
Learn why Gulf red snapper anglers have it so much better, and what Atlantic states…
Kevin HicksonApril 30, 2025
LETTER: CSP Coalition Comments on A59
We share the frustrations expressed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council over the management…
Kevin HicksonMarch 18, 2025
NOAA Drops Solution in Search of a Problem with Secretarial Amendment
Federal agency insists significant restrictions are necessary to recover booming red snapper fishery.
Kevin HicksonJanuary 16, 2025
Withdrawal of Vessel Speed Reduction Rule Clears Way for Technology-Centered Solution for Marine Mammal Protection
Following the formal withdrawal of the proposed expansion of the 2008 North Atlantic Right Whale…
Kevin HicksonJanuary 15, 2025
Feds Poised to Close Door on Bottom Angling in the South Atlantic
Federal agency creates another paper crisis to shut down bottom fisheries.
Kevin HicksonNovember 1, 2024
Group Addressing Menhaden Decline in the Upper Chesapeake Bay
Forage fish, a critical food source for other species, are in decline up and down…
Kevin HicksonSeptember 25, 2024
South Atlantic Red Snapper Season Down to Single Day
NOAA acts unilaterally to limit season, indicates bottom closures to all fishing are likely. …
Kevin HicksonJune 13, 2024
Angling Groups Object to NOAA Longline Plan
June 10, 2024 Randy Blankinship Highly Migratory Species Management Division Office of Sustainable Fisheries (F/SF1)…
Kevin HicksonJune 11, 2024
Sporting Groups Cheer Senate Introduction of MAPOceans Act
New legislation will increase accessibility of saltwater recreational fishing rules and marine waters navigation information
Kevin HicksonMay 7, 2024
The Path Is Clear
State management of our fisheries is the off ramp from fisheries chaos.
Kevin HicksonMay 6, 2024
LETTER: Concerns with the current state of fisheries management under the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Ms. Janet Coit Assistant Administrator for Fisheries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway…
Kevin HicksonApril 24, 2024
The Great Red Snapper Count: A Costly Disappearing Act
The Great Red Snapper Count (GRSC) was finalized in 2021 and found a red snapper…
Kevin HicksonApril 1, 2024
