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A Landmark Celebration of Fishing Heritage and Community
By nationalfisherman.com. The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center has installed a striking new landmark in the heart of the City's Seaport Historic District. Catch the Tradition captures the spirit and enduring legacy of New Bedford, the nation’s most valuable fishing port, and invites visitors to explore the story of commercial fishing, one of… SEE MORE
Louisiana’s Late Summer Bull Redfish Blitz
By Todd Masson. Fish the flats of Louisiana's lower Barataria Basin into fall. Although Capt. Shane York is a regular at his local gym, at least a portion of his body-builder’s physique can be attributed to an annual run of bull redfish at an expansive bay near his favorite south Louisiana port.… SEE MORE
Saltwater Aquaculture Is More Climate-Friendly than Freshwater Aquaculture
By Barbara Pinho. As the aquaculture industry grows, new research finds that seafoods raised in marine waters have a smaller carbon footprint than those raised in fresh water. The world’s aquaculture industry is booming. And it’s no wonder—overfishing in the open ocean has caused populations of many commercially caught fish… SEE MORE
Nearshore Topwater Shark Fishing
By Capt. Zac Grossman. Find incredible action for high-flying blacktip and spinner sharks near the suds. How often is the word “guaranteed” included in a fishing invite? And how often is that fishing invitation an opportunity to target 75-plus-pound sharks that violently attack popping plugs and flies? Those who are… SEE MORE
Panama City Fishing Paradise
By Doug Olander. Florida's Panhandle crystal waters offer great action inshore and offshore. As we skimmed over the mirror-calm surface of Saint Andrew Bay, en route from Sun Harbor Marina to the DuPont (Highway 98) bridge that separates Saint Andrew from East Bay, I marveled at how large an area of… SEE MORE
Dead zone measures as big as Yellowstone
By nationalfisherman.com. NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 3,058 square miles. That’s almost two million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species — nearly as… SEE MORE
2023 Oregon Fishing: Record Crab Harvest Among Other Results
By Carli Stewart. Oregon’s fishing scene in 2023 was a bit of a mixed bag. While the state’s commercial fishing industry landed 301 million pounds of seafood, up from the previous year, the total revenue didn't quite hit the high notes of the past few years. The amount of crab… SEE MORE
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $9 Million for Partnerships to Recover North Atlantic Right Whales
By noaa.gov. Inflation Reduction Act enables new grants to conserve and recover endangered whales. Today, NOAA Fisheries announced over $9 million from Inflation Reduction Act funds to support strategic partnerships aimed at improving fishing gear and population monitoring that will help the recovery of North Atlantic right whales. These partnerships include collaborations… SEE MORE
Flounder Fishery Dispute Grows as August Meeting Approaches
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
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
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
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
