Tweet Amendment 13 – Atlantic Bluefin Tuna – HMS Fishery Management Plan Amendment 13 to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan proposes many options striving to maximize utilization of the U.S. bluefin quota. Half of the options propose changes to … Continue reading →
TweetAn Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) tournament is a tournament that awards points or prizes for catching Atlantic highly migratory species (i.e., swordfish, billfish, sharks and/or tunas). Beginning January 1, 2019, all Atlantic highly migratory species tournaments will be required … Continue reading →
Tweet The Black Sea Bass regulations for CT have been modified based on action on May 3, 2018 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board, and Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea … Continue reading →
TweetThe Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) will hold a workshop Saturday, February 24 in Tom’s River, NJ, to help for-hire vessel operators prepare for upcoming electronic reporting requirements. Beginning March 12, 2018, all vessels with federal charter or party permits … Continue reading →
TweetThe NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife Artificial Reef Program is scheduled to begin deploying material on the new Delaware Bay Reef site beginning the second week of December. The minimum vertical clearance is 15 feet below mean low water for all … Continue reading →
Tweet Sometime in the 1970s, the muddy bottom of Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey became home to dense mats of tubes built by the amphipod Ampelisca abdita, a tiny crustacean. Local fishermen, who had found only small quantities of quahogs living around … Continue reading →
Tweet Each summer, scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and colleagues in states along the East Coast conduct surveys in estuaries and nearshore waters to monitor and study known and suspected shark nursery habitat. The work is part … Continue reading →
TweetBeginning March 12, 2018, all charter and party vessels that hold a federal permit for species managed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will be required to electronically submit vessel trip reports for all trips carrying passengers for hire. These eVTRs must be … Continue reading →
TweetNOAA Fisheries announces a new rule to protect unmanaged forage fish. Forage fish are small schooling species that serve as prey for larger commercially and recreationally important fish, as well as for marine mammals and sea birds. Anchovies, herring, chub … Continue reading →
TweetLottery applications now available for May 2 drawing DOVER – The Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife will conduct a public lottery for the initial offering of acreage available for shellfish aquaculture leases in Delaware’s Inland Bays at 7 p.m. Tuesday, … Continue reading →
TweetEffective 0001 hours Sunday August 28, 2016, the Summer Flounder commercial fishery possession limit will be reduced from 100 pounds to 50 pounds. Possession limits will be periodically adjusted, if needed, to land 100% of the annual quota by the … Continue reading →
Tweet By ORDER OF THE SECRETARY, Pursuant to 29 Del. C. §10119, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is adopting amendments to Tidal Finfish Regulation 3504 STRIPED BASS POSSESSION SIZE LIMIT; EXCEPTIONS (7 DE Admin Code 3504 Sections … Continue reading →
Tweet Daily Trip Limit Adjustments for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Courtesy of National Marine Fisheries Service April 20, 2016 Today National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces adjustments to the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) daily retention limits that apply … Continue reading →
Tweet Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Trophy Angling Category South Area – CLOSED! Effective as of 11:30 p.m. (EST), April 10, 2016 the Angling category for large medium and giant “trophy” bluefin tuna (73” or greater) in the southern area (see … Continue reading →
TweetService Announces 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced the agency will expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the Service’s National Wildlife Refuge … Continue reading →
TweetOnly hook-and-line and spear fishing will be allowed in designated zones DOVER The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has established Special Management Zones (SMZ) at four of Delaware’s Atlantic Ocean artificial reefs under a new rule that was published in … Continue reading →
