Last week, during the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Jekyll Island, Georgia, NOAA Fisheries indicated that the 2020 recreational red snapper season in the South Atlantic could be 3 days. However, the season is contingent on Amendment 33 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan, which allows NOAA Fisheries to set a season …
Insufficient Data Continues to Plague Red Snapper Anglers in the South Atlantic Read More »
During the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Leadership Dinner on February 10, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) leaders from the 116th Congress, former CSC leaders, and sporting industry partners gathered in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the CSC and to foster conservation priorities in the new year for sportsmen and women across the nation. CSC Co-Chairs for the …
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On January 28, the Michigan Wildlife Council hosted a ceremony at the Michigan History Center in Lansing to celebrate the unveiling of the new Michigan Wildlife Photo Mosaics exhibit. The one-of-a kind series of photo mosaics was commissioned by the Michigan Wildlife Council and crafted by the hands of …
Contacts: Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator Brent Miller & New England States Coordinator Joseph Mullin With state legislative sessions beginning across the northeast, members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) States Program Team are hard at work tracking and engaging on legislation throughout the region. In the coming months, northeast staff will continue to support …
Northeast: Themes in Anti-Sportsmen Legislation in 2020 Beginning to Emerge Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On December 18, regrettable news developed out of Massachusetts, as the Fisheries and Wildlife Board voted in favor of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s (MassWildlife) proposed ban on predator hunting contests and wanton waste regulations. Following the disappointing results of this vote, hunting contests for certain predators, …
Massachusetts: Predatory and Furbearing Hunting Tournaments Banned Read More »
On December 10, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act (H.R. 729). This package of bills contains two priority fisheries conservation funding provisions for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), including the National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act (NFHP) and the Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act. …
House Votes to Advance Priority Fisheries Conservation Bills Read More »
By: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator It was the dog days of summer in southern Alabama and the stench hit me in the face like a bee to the teeth at 80 mph on the back of a motorcycle. A combination of hot, wet dumpster with a dash of decaying vegetation and hint of …
Pending Hog-apocalypse: Toxicants Still on the Horizon for use in Wild Pig Management Read More »
On October 7, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a letter in favor of measures to reduce mortality in the Atlantic striped bass population in Draft Addendum VI to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Striped Bass. A stock assessment completed late 2018 indicated the striped bass fishery was “overfished” and undergoing …
Additional Restrictions Needed for Atlantic Striped Bass Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On Tuesday, October 22 and 29, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) will be hosting public hearings related to the management of coyote hunting contests. The hearings will be centered on the proposed regulations to change the manners in which the Commonwealth’s predators are hunted – …
Massachusetts: MassWildlife to Host Public Hearings Related to Predator Hunting Contests Read More »
This week, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Fisheries Program Director Chris Horton joined fellow members of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council for their first meeting of the year to discuss a variety of issues important to the angling and boating community. The Council, which consists of conservation and business leaders from across the country, …
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