Catch shares in marine fisheries is a concept unfamiliar to most people, and it is probably completely alien to most hunters and anglers in this country. It is a system…
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Today, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the 2017 Regional Fishery Management Council (RFMC) appointments and has shown that recreational fishing and boating are important to the Trump Administration. The appointments…
Click HERE to read the full letter to Chairman Cochran and Ranking Member Leahy.
BY INVENTIVEFISHING.COM The proposed fisheries management plan “Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management 2017,” stands to be one of the most important pieces of federal legislation to affect recreational anglers in recent…
The ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY of action to extend the Gulf of Mexico recreational red snapper season is a welcome boon to anglers who have been painted into a corner by a federal fisheries…
The recreational fishing and boating community praised the introduction of a bill that addresses critical challenges facing saltwater recreational fishing at the federal level. Led by Congressmen Garret Graves (R-La.),…
CLICK HERE to read the RESPONSE OF THE SPORTFISHING INDUSTRY TO 90-DAY FINDING ON A PETITION TO LIST THE PACIFIC BLUEFIN TUNA AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
A petition to list Pacific bluefin tuna under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) has alarmed and angered recreational anglers along the southern California coast, and with good reason. The…
Conservationists and anglers are applauding the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for advancing S. 396, the Billfish Conservation Act. The bill, introduced in February by U.S. Senators…
BY BRAD GENTNER, PRESIDENT, GENTNER CONSULTING GROUP LLC Recreational fisheries generate far more economic activity with less impact on marine resources. So why are we still treated as an after-thought…
Proposed harvest increase for iconic sportfish shelved by Atlantic States Commission A controversial proposal to relax regulations on striped bass and allow a 10-percent increase in harvest was voted down…
Increased reefing of offshore energy platforms critical to Gulf habitat The House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on May 17 entitled “Reviewing Recent State Successes…
