Category: Fishing

Flounder Fishery Dispute Grows as August Meeting Approaches

8/22/2024 - By Carli Stewart. The flounder conflict continues into next week’s North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) meeting, which will be held in Raleigh from Aug. 21-23. The bone of contention is between the MFC and the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (WRC) about this year's recreational flounder season. The only… SEE MORE

Lobster gauge increase delayed a second time

8/15/2024 - By Carli Stewart. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) just voted to delay the planned gauge change to increase the minimum allowable catch size in Lobster Management Area 1 until July 1, 2025. The Commission also approved Addendum 30, which clarifies that lobsters imported from Canada under the U.S.… SEE MORE

Rare sea creature washes ashore in Southern California

8/12/2024 - By apnews.com. A 7-foot (215-centimeter) sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere. The University of California, Santa Barbara, said an intern spotted the stranded fish last week at Sands Beach… SEE MORE

Northeast Summer Striper Tactics

8/8/2024 - By David A. Brown. Summer striper fishing is an adrenaline rush. Get out there with live baits and topwaters in low-light conditions. Like any sport, you can spend as much as you want gearing up for your next saltwater battle. However, northeast striper ace Blaine Anderson said the summer months… SEE MORE

The ocean is becoming too loud for oysters, research finds

8/2/2024 - By sciencedaily.com. Baby oysters rely on natural acoustic cues to settle in specific environments, but new research from the University of Adelaide reveals that noise from human activity is interfering with this critical process. "The ocean's natural sound is gradually hushing due to habitat loss, leading to a quieter natural… SEE MORE

Intro to Electric Outboards

7/28/2024 - By Joe Albanese. Advances in battery technology are making electric outboards a viable option for anglers. My first experience with electric-powered boats came on a six-grade trip to our nation’s capital. Though we were there to visit the Smithsonian, the trip involved a detour to Baltimore Harbor for reasons that… SEE MORE

Deep-sea fishing between the stunning fjords of Lofoten

Oregon Bound for Chinook and Coho

7/24/2024 - By David Conway. Catch the bite from the beaches to Buoy 10 and the Columbia River. Capt. Hugh Harris, of True North Outdoors in Portland, tells me that a chinook salmon can smell one drop of its ancestral stream in 50 gallons of water. In Harris’ home waters of the Columbia River,… SEE MORE

Anglers Are The Key to Climate-Resilient Fisheries

7/22/2024 - By Daniel Ritz. A new report written for anglers by anglers serves as a call to arms to galvanize the angling community to demand action as climate change disrupts fishing experiences coast-to-coast WASHINGTON – Today, the American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) released a report written for anglers, by anglers,… SEE MORE

United Nations Endorses New “Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture”

7/21/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA provided scientific expertise on the guidelines, which will develop global aquaculture best practices. More seafood is currently produced via farming, or aquaculture, than is harvested from the wild, according to a recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report. As more people globally rely on seafood farming… SEE MORE

Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay; Scientists Look Back at Two Decades of Management

7/15/2024 - By news.maryland.gov. In the late 2000s, the outlook for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay was grim. Known for its ups and downs, the blue crab harvest was going through a long stretch of almost all downs. The crab population steeply declined after 1997 and remained at record low harvests… SEE MORE