Our blog is where we break down the conservation issues that sportsmen and women need to know about. Get the latest intel from Capitol Hill, learn more about complex science and policy, and follow along with field reports from our staff on the ground. This is where conservation gets personal.
Each year, TRCP provides a Fisheries Conservation Summit at ICAST, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, hosted by the American Sportfishing Association. At this year’s summit, top minds in fisheries policy and legislation came...
Data suggest that 22,000 or more redfish, a host of other sportfish, and millions of non-target forage fish are killed annually by industrial menhaden fishing fleets (or "pogy boats") off the Louisiana coast.
An Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission board has agreed to continue with plans toward further precautionary management of the Chesapeake Bay’s industrial-scale menhaden fishery.
Recreational angling, boating, and conservation community disappointed that state legislative efforts to fund menhaden science in the Chesapeake Bay failed in session.
During the 2025 legislative session, Virginia lawmakers will again consider providing funding for university research into the Commonwealth’s largest fishery: Atlantic menhaden.
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House aims to ensure that species at the foundation of the marine food chain are plentiful enough to sustain sportfish populations, such as striped bass and tuna, as well...
President Theodore Roosevelt designated the Chandeleur Islands, which provide key habitat for waterfowl, sportfish, and sea turtles, as the second-ever National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. Now construction could begin as soon as...
Capt. Tyler Nonn runs Tidewater Charters, a fly fishing and light tackle angling operation in the Chesapeake Bay that gets clients onto striped bass, redfish, speckled trout, and cobia. He offers a critical captain’s...
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will establish the workgroup to consider precautionary, Chesapeake Bay-specific menhaden fishery management measures to protect predators like ospreys and striped bass.
Anyone who knows Huff knows he tells it like it is. He was gracious enough to share some thoughts on South Florida fishing and Everglades restoration with the rest of us.
TRCP has partnered with Afuera Coffee Co. to further our commitment to conservation. $4 from each bag is donated to the TRCP, to help continue our efforts of safeguarding critical habitats, productive hunting grounds, and favorite fishing holes for future generations.
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