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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meets next week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to discuss pending management options that eventually could impact recreational anglers from North Carolina to the Florida Keys. One item on the agenda is a proposed reallocation of dolphin fish (also called mahi-mahi or dorado) from the recreational to the commercial…

Recently, the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (WHHCC) wrote a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell requesting that the Administration consider supporting legislation entitled the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act (S. 2690 and H.R. 4818) that includes strategies to sustain conservation funding and participation levels in hunting  and recreational…

In a nod to sportsmen and women, Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GCS) Vice-Chair Wyoming Governor Matt Mead recently announced a set of initiatives aimed at advancing the shooting sports in the Cowboy State. The first of these efforts, the Open Ranges Initiative, addresses ongoing concerns about the availability of places to shoot in Wyoming. Through Governor…

By Chris Horton, CSF Fisheries Program Director Coming from the freshwater side of fisheries management, it is easy for me to see why state inland fisheries managers are successful in both managing for conservation and maximizing public access, while many of our federally managed marine species, like Gulf of Mexico red snapper, are in such…

To fellow sportsmen and women, Welcome to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) new and improved website and Resource Center. While the goal of our website is to provide timely updates to the most important policies affecting the sportsmen’s community, the Resource Center will provide a unique space where our staff and partners can share editorials…

The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) recently amended the application process for deer control permits to place a greater focus on public hunting as an effective management tool to control isolated pockets of white-tailed deer overabundance. The new regulation, which went into effect on August 20, will now require applicants for deer control permits to explain…