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NOAA Drops Solution in Search of a Problem with Secretarial Amendment Uncategorized

NOAA Drops Solution in Search of a Problem with Secretarial Amendment

Federal agency insists significant restrictions are necessary to recover booming red snapper fishery.

Kevin HicksonJanuary 16, 2025

Withdrawal of Vessel Speed Reduction Rule Clears Way for Technology-Centered Solution for Marine Mammal Protection Uncategorized

Withdrawal of Vessel Speed Reduction Rule Clears Way for Technology-Centered Solution for Marine Mammal Protection

Following the formal withdrawal of the proposed expansion of the 2008 North Atlantic Right Whale…

Kevin HicksonJanuary 15, 2025

Feds Poised to Close Door on Bottom Angling in the South Atlantic Uncategorized

Feds Poised to Close Door on Bottom Angling in the South Atlantic

Federal agency creates another paper crisis to shut down bottom fisheries.

Kevin HicksonNovember 1, 2024

Group Addressing Menhaden Decline in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Uncategorized

Group Addressing Menhaden Decline in the Upper Chesapeake Bay

Forage fish, a critical food source for other species, are in decline up and down…

Kevin HicksonSeptember 25, 2024

South Atlantic Red Snapper Season Down to Single Day Uncategorized

South Atlantic Red Snapper Season Down to Single Day

NOAA acts unilaterally to limit season, indicates bottom closures to all fishing are likely.  …

Kevin HicksonJune 13, 2024

Angling Groups Object to NOAA Longline Plan Uncategorized

Angling Groups Object to NOAA Longline Plan

June 10, 2024 Randy Blankinship Highly Migratory Species Management Division Office of Sustainable Fisheries (F/SF1)…

Kevin HicksonJune 11, 2024

Sporting Groups Cheer Senate Introduction of MAPOceans Act ProtectingYourFreedomtoFishUncategorized

Sporting Groups Cheer Senate Introduction of MAPOceans Act

New legislation will increase accessibility of saltwater recreational fishing rules and marine waters navigation information

Kevin HicksonMay 7, 2024

The Path Is Clear Uncategorized

The Path Is Clear

State management of our fisheries is the off ramp from fisheries chaos.

Kevin HicksonMay 6, 2024

LETTER: Concerns with the current state of fisheries management under the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Uncategorized

LETTER: Concerns with the current state of fisheries management under the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

Ms. Janet Coit Assistant Administrator for Fisheries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway…

Kevin HicksonApril 24, 2024

The Great Red Snapper Count: A Costly Disappearing Act Uncategorized

The Great Red Snapper Count: A Costly Disappearing Act

The Great Red Snapper Count (GRSC) was finalized in 2021 and found a red snapper…

Kevin HicksonApril 1, 2024

Conservation community Endorses Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act Uncategorized

Conservation community Endorses Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act

With your efforts, Congress can conserve coastal and estuary habitats across the United States and…

Kevin HicksonMarch 13, 2024

Louisiana Issues Regulations to Protect Nearshore Habitat from Pogy Boat Impacts Uncategorized

Louisiana Issues Regulations to Protect Nearshore Habitat from Pogy Boat Impacts

In the most significant Gulf menhaden conservation outcome to date, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approves…

Kevin HicksonFebruary 15, 2024