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Federal agency creates another paper crisis to shut down bottom fisheries.

Forage fish, a critical food source for other species, are in decline up and down the Eastern Seaboard but menhaden decline in Maryland waters has advocates sounding the alarm.

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