Official Numbers: Maryland’s 2016 Striped Bass Young Of The Year
The official numbers are out on Maryland’s 2016 striped bass young of the year, and they aren’t good. This late summer count of striped bass born during the past spring is calculated annually by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources by hauling a seine through essentially the same areas of Chesapeake Bay, at the same time, […]
U.S. Retreats on Fish Conservation for 1st Time in 40 Years
October 14, 2014 – Brad Sewell The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act turned 40 this year. And NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency that administers that law, reported coincidentally on Wednesday that forty ocean fish populations or “stocks” have now been rebuilt from depleted levels. The prudent thing for NOAA fisheries to do at this point, one […]
Mid-Atlantic Council Approves Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM)
AUGUST 10, 2016 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Today the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council unanimously approved a guidance document to facilitate the transition to an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) in the Mid-Atlantic. The EAFM Guidance Document is designed to serve as an umbrella document that will enable the Council to coordinate ecosystem considerations across […]
