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Conservationists and anglers are applauding the U.S. Senate for passing S. 396, a bill to amend the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012. The bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.);…

House Natural Resources Subcommittee Holds Legislative Hearing on Four Fishery Bills The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held a legislative hearing on four…

Once again, sportsmen and women are truly amazed at California politics and fisheries management. The Assembly Appropriations Committee, chaired by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher who represents a San Diego…

Senate Commerce Subcommittee Continues Series on Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard held a hearing entitled “Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens…

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW: 1.  Write ASMFC and let them know you want menhaden management changed.  The ASMFC will hold a final vote on Amendment 3, and will set…

Recreational Fishing Industry Leaders Among Witnesses On August 24, 2017, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a field hearing titled “Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and…

BY JEFF ANGERS, GUEST COLUMNIST. FLORIDATODAY.COM READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM FLORIDATODAY.COM.

The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (GADNR)recently deployed 22 concrete culverts at the High Point Inshore Artificial Reef site in McIntosh County as a joint…

A great marine conservation victory has been put in jeopardy by a highly controversial plan to reintroduce indiscriminate longlines into areas that have been closed to the damaging gear for…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rebecca Louviere, Communications Director 225-382-3756 Washington, D.C. – August 1, 2017 – The recreational fishing and boating community today applauded the introduction of the RED SNAPPER Act,…