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ASA and CCA Respond to Court Decision Blocking South Atlantic Red Snapper Pilot Programs Uncategorized

ASA and CCA Respond to Court Decision Blocking South Atlantic Red Snapper Pilot Programs

This preliminary injunction was issued just hours before Florida’s Atlantic red snapper season under their…

Kevin HicksonMay 26, 2026

ASA and CCA Intervene in South Atlantic Red Snapper Lawsuit to Defend Recreational Fishing Access Uncategorized

ASA and CCA Intervene in South Atlantic Red Snapper Lawsuit to Defend Recreational Fishing Access

The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) have jointly moved to intervene…

Kevin HicksonMay 15, 2026

President Trump announces approval of South Atlantic red snapper Exempted Fishing Permit Uncategorized

President Trump announces approval of South Atlantic red snapper Exempted Fishing Permit

Anglers along the South Atlantic coast are celebrating today as President Trump announced the issuance…

Kevin HicksonMay 2, 2026

NOAA Leadership Announces Major Reforms Uncategorized

NOAA Leadership Announces Major Reforms

State-Led Fisheries Management Advances; Review of Vessel Speed Rule Announced; Recreational Data Modernization Heralded

Kevin HicksonFebruary 17, 2026

Anglers Get Opportunity to Comment on New Approach to Red Snapper Management Uncategorized

Anglers Get Opportunity to Comment on New Approach to Red Snapper Management

South Atlantic states offer hope for beleaguered red snapper fishery

Kevin HicksonFebruary 12, 2026

Gulf Senators Call for Action on Illegal Fishing Uncategorized

Gulf Senators Call for Action on Illegal Fishing

Senators urge NOAA to prevent illegally harvested red snapper from being sold in American markets.

Kevin HicksonJanuary 16, 2026

Letter to Congress Seeks Whale-Vessel Strike Solutions Uncategorized

Letter to Congress Seeks Whale-Vessel Strike Solutions

The Whale CHARTS Act takes an innovative and constructive approach to mitigating risk of vessel…

Kevin HicksonJanuary 12, 2026

South Atlantic States Take First Step Toward State Management of Red Snapper Uncategorized

South Atlantic States Take First Step Toward State Management of Red Snapper

For too long, federal mismanagement kept anglers tied to the dock, while a thriving red…

Kevin HicksonNovember 11, 2025

Fisheries Managers Fail to Protect Menhaden, Striped Bass Uncategorized

Fisheries Managers Fail to Protect Menhaden, Striped Bass

This week, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted to allow an Atlantic menhaden catch…

Kevin HicksonOctober 29, 2025

Conservation groups call for menhaden harvest reduction in the Chesapeake Uncategorized

Conservation groups call for menhaden harvest reduction in the Chesapeake

The decisions before the Board are not only about managing menhaden but about sustaining the…

Kevin HicksonOctober 27, 2025

Rigs to Reefs Update – Legislation Introduced in the House Uncategorized

Rigs to Reefs Update – Legislation Introduced in the House

Essentially, the bill uses a science basis to facilitate the voluntary conversion of oil and…

Kevin HicksonOctober 16, 2025

Mixed Signals: South Atlantic states are on the road to state management, so why does NOAA keep trying to make a U-turn? Uncategorized

Mixed Signals: South Atlantic states are on the road to state management, so why does NOAA keep trying to make a U-turn?

It is now time for the states to figure it out on their own, without…

Kevin HicksonSeptember 26, 2025