Massachusetts Legislature To Hold Hearings On Two SF Sponsored Bills
On Thursday, November 5, the Massachusetts legislature will hold hearings to include two bills that Stripers Forever are sponsoring, including: SB476 (SD225) – An Act relative to the conservation of striped bass, which would restrict participation in the commercial striped bass fishery to those individuals with an historically significant (1,000 lbs average for previous five […]
An Uncertain Future For Our Living Blue Planet
Fresh, new evidence shows why we need to act on marine conservation A new report on the health of the ocean finds that the marine vertebrate population has declined by 49 percent between 1970 and 2012. WWF’s Living Blue Planet Report tracks 5,829 populations of 1,234 mammal, bird, reptile, and fish species through a marine living planet […]
MAFMC Council to Hold Scoping Hearings for Action on Unmanaged Forage Species
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has scheduled a series of scoping hearings to gather public input for a proposed action to protect unmanaged forage species. The proposed action would consider a prohibition on the development of new, or expansion of existing, directed fisheries on unmanaged forage species in the Mid-Atlantic until adequate scientific information is […]
