Kevin Hickson

NOAA acts unilaterally to limit season, indicates bottom closures to all fishing are likely.   News coming out of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting quickly went from bad…

June 10, 2024 Randy Blankinship Highly Migratory Species Management Division Office of Sustainable Fisheries (F/SF1) NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Dear Mr. Blankinship: The undersigned representatives of…

State management of our fisheries is the off ramp from fisheries chaos.

Ms. Janet Coit Assistant Administrator for Fisheries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Dear Assistant Administrator Coit: We are writing to express our continued…

The Great Red Snapper Count (GRSC) was finalized in 2021 and found a red snapper population that was at least three times larger than NOAA’s estimates, a conclusion that was…

With your efforts, Congress can conserve coastal and estuary habitats across the United States and defend outdoor recreation opportunities and economies that rely on effective conservation and research.

In the most significant Gulf menhaden conservation outcome to date, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approves half-mile coastwide buffer prohibiting pogy boats from netting, increases fish spill penalties

Recreational anglers are applauding progress by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) to improve the quality and timeliness of recreational fishery dependent data gathered by the Gulf states...

Healthy, resilient coastlines and estuaries are critically important for outdoor recreation, coastal and marine dependent fish and wildlife populations, local economies, and the people and businesses who live along or…