Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘fisheries’

FishAmerica Announces Funding Available for Habitat Restoration

FishAmerica Announces Funding Available for Habitat Restoration

$280,000 already awarded through NOAA partnership in 2009
Alexandria, VA – May 7, 2009 - The FishAmerica Foundation, the conservation and research foundation of the American Sportfishing Association, today announced that grant monies for marine and anadromous sportfish habitat restoration are available for projects in the coastal United States, the Great Lakes region and the U.S. [...]

“Freedom to Fish” To Highest Bidder?

“Freedom to Fish” To Highest Bidder?

Galloway, NJ - In what can best be described as a “pay to play” version of fisheries management, the Texas-based conservation group, Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), has gone on record with a new socialized approach to managing the nation’s coastal fisheries, whereby access to the resource is offered to the highest bidder. According to [...]

FWC proposes change to Gulf red snapper sport season

FWC proposes change to Gulf red snapper sport season

FWC - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) proposed on Thursday to change the recreational harvest season for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico state waters. This action is in response to new data that indicates the Gulf red snapper fishing season needs to be shortened to compensate for overharvests in 2008.
The [...]