Spud Woodward Chair Atlantic Menhaden Management Board Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 1050 North Highland Street, Suite 200 A-N Arlington, Virginia 22201 Dear Chairman Woodward and Members of the Atlantic…
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Recommendations focus on marine conservation, public access and the U.S. economy.
Snapper count should be final nail in NOAA’s inept management of red snapper.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed without objection H.R. 5126, Direct Enhancement of Snapper Conservation and the Economy through Novel Devices Act of 2020 (DESCEND Act).
Just two years after approving a plan to allow the Gulf states to develop their own recreational data collection systems to better manage red snapper and certifying those state programs, NOAA Fisheries intends to force the states to calibrate their data back to the flawed federal data system that caused significant turmoil in the first place.
Recognizing that Texas coastal wetland loss impacts everyone, Ducks Unlimited has partnered with Coastal Conservation Association Texas (CCA Texas) and the Building Conservation Trust (BCT), the national habitat program of CCA, to support efforts by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to restore Dagger Island and protect important seagrass beds in Redfish Bay.
Fed’s history of encouraging a longline fishery for dolphin could end in disaster for recreational anglers
700 tons of concrete on tap to expand HI20 reef site on upper Texas coast Since its creation in 2018, the HI20 reef site off Sabine Pass has seen a…
Dr. Gibson was one of the first recipients of a Science of Conservation Marine Scholarship and completed her Ph.D. at the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation at the Harte…
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted unanimously today to improve management strategies for Atlantic menhaden, by requiring consideration for the small baitfish’s impact on fish up the food chain.
