December

Freshwater Digest Available

MAMFC/ASMFC Adopt 2012 Harvest Limits (pdf)

At Long Last:
MAFMC: Summer Flounder Stock Rebuilt (pdf)

2012 Fishing Licenses Available

November

2012 Fluke Harvest Recommendation
To Be Decided at MAFMC Meeting (pdf)

Winter Trout Stocking
Kicks Off on Nov. 21

Herring Are Potentially Endangered

Oh No!
On Second Thought,
Fluke Quota Might Be
'Reduced Substantially'(pdf)

October

Pots Off the Reefs Bill:
Years Later, the Fight Goes On

Fall Trout Stocking
Gets Under Way

Fall Trout Stocking Is a Go

Governor's Surf Fishing
Tournament Results

A Month After Hurricane Irene,
All Shellfish Beds Are Open

September

MAFMC Meeting
Slated for Oct. 11-13
In Galloway (pdf)

ASMFC Annual Meeting
Set for Nov. 6-10 in Boston

Prospertown's Dam Bust
Is a Boon for Colliers Mills:
The Fish Are Transferred

Public Hearings Slated
On Menhaden Management
Aimed at Increasing Abundance

After Storms,
Shellfish Beds Reopened,
Except in Upper Delaware Bay

Most Shellfish Beds
Are Reopened
After Hurricane Closure

Learn About N.J.'s Outdoors
At the Wild Outdoor Expo

August

Hurricane Irene
Forces the Closure
Of N.J.'s Shellfish Beds

RFA: The Quota Vote Is In:
Good News on Fluke and Scup,
Bad on Sea Bass

ASMFC and MAFMC Approve
2012 Quota Recommendations
For Fluke, Scup, Sea Bass and Blues

MAFMC Recommends Quotas
For Fluke, Scup, Sea Bass and Blues
(pdf)

81.88-Pound Striped Bass
Could Shatter Record

Save $, Win a Prize:
Register Now for Governor's
Surf Fishing Tournament

2012 Fluke, Scup, Sea Bass and Bluefish
Harvests on Agenda
At MAFMC Meeting Aug. 16-18 (pdf)

MAFMC/ASMFC to Meet
In Webinar on Fluke, Scup,
Sea Bass and Bluefish Recommendations
Aug. 10 (pdf)

ASMFC Summer Meeting Summary (pdf)

You're Invited:
Salem Cty. Fed. of Sportsmen's Clubs
Meet and Greet Aug. 26

July

Northern
Trophy Bluefin Tuna Fishery
Is Closed

ASMFC Summer Meeting
Set for Aug. 1-4

Bluefin Tuna Quotas Set

NOAA: Swordfish Quota Should Be Adjusted

Yankee Doodle Dandy:
State Record Bowfin
Caught on July 4

June

House Bill Supports Magnuson Report

ASMFC Meeting
Set for Aug. 1-4
In Alexandria, Va.

JCAA Fluke Tourney
Draws Fewest-Ever Boats
(The Economy, No Doubt)
But Healthy Catches

Teens:
Enjoy Fishing, Lunch and Prizes
At the Pequest Hatchery

NOAA Encourages Anglers to Release Makos

RFA: Flawed Fishing Regs
Are Causing Lost Jobs

Enjoy Free Fishing Days June 11-12

May

Sea Bass Season Opens

Voluntary Tax Contribution
And Striper License Plate
Would Fund N.J. Fish and Wildlife

Why Sign Up
For Saltwater Registry:
How About a $3,000 Fine?

Free Saltwater Angler Registry
Is Launched

I've Got My Pencil-Popper:
Muskie School Set for May 14

Fluke Season to Open May 7

April

RFA: Will Fluke Season Open on Time?

NMFS Invites Comments on
Fluke, Scup and Sea Bass Management

ASMFC to Consider
State Sea Bass Regs
In Webinar April 20

N.J. Div. of Fish and Wildlife:
Stocked Trout Catches
Should Pick Up

2011 Fluke Regs Decided

Trout Season Opens

Spring Trout Stocking Schedule

JCAA Supports 'Pots Off the Reefs' Bill

March

Bag Limit Is Adjusted
For Recreational
Bluefin Tuna Fishing

Feds Cut
N.J.'s Sea Bass Harvest
By 40 Percent

ASMFC to Propose
Reducing Striped Bass
Bag Limit

N.J. Sentate
Votes to Remove Pots from Reefs

MAFMC Meeting Set
For April 12-14 in Annapolis (pdf)

Alternatives to Big Game Management
To Be Considered at Meeting
April 3-5 in Silver Springs, Md. (pdf)

Enjoy the Pequest Hatchery's
Open House April 2-3

NMFS Extends Comment Period
For Bluefin Tuna Quotas (pdf)

NMFS Proposes Bluefin Quotas

DEP's N.J. Fisheries Budget
Reportedly Falls Short

Court Decides
RFA Sea Bass Suit Is Moot

2010 N.J. Skillful Angler Awards
Are Announced

Congress Begins to Discuss
Magnuson Act

NOAA Surveys
Saltwater Angling's
Economic Impact

February

N.J. Governor Signs Bill
To Make Saltwater Fishing Free

Public Invited to Meetings
About Potential
State-by-State Sea Bass Regs

RFA: Commercial Striper Netting Must End

NMFS to Hold Public Meeting
To Consider Changing Big Game Management

Options Decided
For 2011 N.J. Fluke Regs

ASMFC Spring Meeting
Slated for March 21-24 in Alexandria, Va.

Freshwater Fisheries Forum
Set for Feb. 26 at Batsto

Public Invited to Annual
Trout Stocking Meeting
On Feb. 12 at Pequest Hatchery

Hey Youths:
Learn About Trout at the
Coldwater Conservation School

Check Out
Hackettstown Hatchery's Broodstock

Careful with that Catch:
NMFS Offers Guidelines for Big Game Catch and Release

Processors, Dealers Contribute $15K to Survey Horseshoe Crabs

January

ASMFC to Meet Feb. 3
On Recreational Measures
For Fluke and Sea Bass

MAFMC Set to Meet
Feb. 8-10 in New Bern, N.C. (pdf)

Public Invited to Tautog Meetings

Raritan River Dams
To Be Removed for Fish Spawning

Biomedical Co.'s Pledge $
To Survey Horseshoe Crabs

NOAA to Host
Annual Catch Limit Summit

RFA Urges Members to Fax N.J. Governor
To Eliminate Fee for Saltwater Fishing

Newspaper Report:
Trawlers Waste Thousands of Striped Bass Off Outer Banks, N.C.

NOAA: Growing Hypoxic Zones Threaten Billfish and Tuna in the Atlantic(pdf)

RFA: N.J. Awaits Governor's Signature
To Make Saltwater Angler Registry Be Free

Reminder: In 2011, N.J. Anglers Must Register for $15 to Fish in Saltwater

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