December:

RFA Year in Review

Time Is Running Out
To Pass Reef Bill

Freshwater Digest Delayed Several Months

MAFMC and ASMFC Decide 2008 Fluke Quota (pdf)

November:

MAFMC and ASMFC T0 Decide
2008 Fluke Quota at Meeting

RFA to Anglers:
Voice Support for 15-Million-Pound Fluke Quota

Last Chance To Protest Fluke Cut

Clock Is Ticking:
Only One Month Left
To Pass Reef Bill

Cool! RFA License Plates
Up for Consideration

NMFS Director Hogarth To Step Down

Freshwater Fisheries Forum Dec. 1

Trout Stocking Nov. 19-21

RFA: Pew Group Says
Shut Down Fluking 10 Years

ASMFC Annual Meeting Wrap Up (pdf)

October:

The Weather Cools,
So Trout Stocking's a Go

MAFMC:
Change in Magnuson Act
Is the Only Solution for Fluke

MAFMC Meeting Summary (pdf)

Trout Stocking Rescheduled Again

President Pens
Executive Order on Striped Bass

NMFS To Seek
Moratorium on European
Bluefin Tuna Fishing

ASFMC Annual Meeting
Oct. 29-Nov. 1

Senate Committee
Unanimously Passes Reef Bill

Senate Committee To Vote
On Banning Commercial Traps
On Reefs

Trout Stocking Rescheduled

Report Sword and Billfish Catches Online
(pdf)

Warm Water Postpones Trout Stocking

State Record Gray Tilefish Caught

Bill Goes to Senate Committee
To Ban Commercial Traps on Reefs

Fall Trout Stocking Under Way

Proposed Bluefin Tuna Regs
Status Quo for 2008 (pdf)

September:

Pequest Wildlife Festival Sept. 30

Kids' Fly Casting Competition at Wildlife Festival

MAFMC Meeting Oct. 16-18

The Latest on Rescuing the Reefs

Anglers at Belmar Rally:
We Must Unite

ASMFC Annual Meeting
Preliminary Schedule

Sign Up Free for
Women's Surf Fishing Workshop

ASMFC Reviews Last Year's
Striped Bass Management (pdf)

August:

Government Begins Attempt
To Better Survey
Recreational Fishing's Impact

Spiny Dogfisery Closed

Officers Crack Down on Violators

Shad Population Steeply Declining

Summary of ASMFC Summer Meeting

ASMFC Gives Its Final Word
On the Fluke Quota

RFA Weighs In
On Lowest Fluke Quota
In History

MAFMC Describes Results
Of Its Summer Meeting,
Including the Fluke Quota (pdf)

Government Votes
For Record Low Fluke Quota

Status of the Stocks (pdf)

July:

Process for Setting Fluke Regs Explained

Is Your Laundry Machine To Blame?

Here We Go Again:
Government Wants to Cut
Fluke Landings

Help Stop the Plan
To Make Shark River's
Coast Guard Station
A Seasonal Station

Stringent Limits Proposed
For Sandbar Shark Fishing (pdf file)

MAFMC To Finalize Recommendations
For 2008 Fluke Management;
Public Invited To Attend Aug. 8 Meeting (pdf file)

ASMFC Summer Meeting
Slated for Aug. 13-16
In Alexandria, Va.

NOAA Reports Last Year's
Fisheries Landings,
Seafood Consumption

Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission
Fails to Agree on Conservation

Public Invited to Comment
On Draft Addendum
To Tog Management Plan
By July 28 (pdf file)

NOAA Reports Fisheries Status to Congress

June:

NMFS Sets Final Bluefin Tuna Quotas for 2007
(pdf file)

Swordfish Stocks Are Up,
So Fishing Restrictions Relaxed

Summary of MAFMC June Meeting (pdf file)

U.S. President Names June
National Oceans Month

Tuna Bag Limits

Free Fishing Days: June 9 and 10

Fluke Allocation, Sea Bass Management
To Be Discussed July 2 in Toms River

Fish and Wildlife Site
Describes Broodstock
Netting and Spawning

May:

Bluefin Tuna Bag Limits Announced (pdf file)

A Guide to Tunas of the Western Atlantic (pdf file)

MAFMC To Meet June 12-14 in Hampton, Va. (pdf file)

Landlocked Salmon, Surplus Trout Stocked

Surplus Channel Catfish
To Be Stocked
In Additional Waters

Tagged Fish Can Be Reported Online

ASMFC Spring Meeting Summary

2007 Marine Digest Available

Billfish Tournament
Circle Hook Requirement
Temporarily Suspended (pdf file)

Tuna Permits Available

MAFMC Spring Meeting Summary (pdf file)

April:

Trout Stocking Update 4/30

Delaware River
Shad, Water-Condition
Reports Online

Bluefin Tuna Regs Proposed (pdf file)

Trout Stocking Update

Nor'easter Blows
Trout Stocking Schedule
Off Course

Possible Tilefish Bag Limits, Permits
To Be Discussed April 26 in Secaucus

Sea Surface Temps Shown
On New Gov't Web Page

NOAA Revamps Artificial Reef Program

Trout Season Opens

Striper Bonus Tags Available

2007 NJ Saltwater Fishing
Regs Posted Online

Bluefin Tuna Quotas Proposed

March:

NOAA Begins Overhauling
Recreational Fishing Survey

Pequest Trout Hatchery
Open House and Fishing Flea Market
March 31-April 1

MAFMC Spring Meeting April 17-19

Bluefin Tuna Limits Adjusted

U.S. Ocean Policy
Cops a C- on Report Card

Commercial Shark Quota Set

ASMFC Spring Meeting Prelim Agenda

ASMFC 2006 Annual Report

Public Invited to Comment
On Posponing Circle Hook
Requirement in Billfish Tournaments

NC Transfers 4,000 Pounds of Fluke
Quota to NJ Commercial Fishing

Management of Highly Migratory Species
To Be Discussed at Meeting March 13-15

NJ Announces Fluke Regs

2007 Fluke Bag Limit Is Set

February:

Public Invited to Take Survey
About Fluke Bag Limit
One Day Before Limit Is Set

2006 Skillful Angler Awards Announced

NJ Fishing Licenses To Be Sold
At Suffern Outdoor Show

ASMFC Winter Meeting Summary

MAFMC February Meeting Summary

NMFS Plans To Upgrade Its Fishing Surveys

NOAA Expects To End
Overfishing By 2010

ASMFC Requires Cut in Weakfish Bag Limit

Tog Bag Limit Likely To Be Slashed

Bluefish Regs Probably Status Quo

NOAA Axes 6-Million Pounds
From Fluke Allowable Landings

State DEP Proposes Fisheries Rule Changes

NMFS Reviews Whether To Declare
White Marlin Endangered;
Seeks Public Input

Public Invited to Trout Stocking Meeting

MAFMC February Meeting Agenda

January:

General Category Bluefin Tuna
Fishery Closed Jan. 31

ASMFC Winter Meeting Agenda

White House Seeks Funds for Ocean Conservation

NJ Fishing Licenses To Be Sold at Garden State Outdoor Show

NMFS To Hold Public Meetings on Swordfish Management

NMFS To Hold Public Meetings on Shark Management

Highly Migratory Species Permit System Updated

Update on Big Game Bag Limits

2007 Fishing License Reminders

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