Following the formal withdrawal of the proposed expansion of the 2008 North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) released the following statement
Forage fish, a critical food source for other species, are in decline up and down the Eastern Seaboard but menhaden decline in Maryland waters has advocates sounding the alarm.
NOAA acts unilaterally to limit season, indicates bottom closures to all fishing are likely. News coming out of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting quickly went from bad…
June 10, 2024 Randy Blankinship Highly Migratory Species Management Division Office of Sustainable Fisheries (F/SF1) NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Dear Mr. Blankinship: The undersigned representatives of…
Ms. Janet Coit Assistant Administrator for Fisheries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Dear Assistant Administrator Coit: We are writing to express our continued…
The Great Red Snapper Count (GRSC) was finalized in 2021 and found a red snapper population that was at least three times larger than NOAA’s estimates, a conclusion that was…