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.
Blue catfish are an aquatic invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay, and eat millions of the striped bass, menhaden, and blue crabs so vital for ecosystem health, recreational fishing, and local economies.
Dam removals alone cannot bring back southern New England's river herring – which provide a key food source for striped bass, tuna, bluefish, and many bird and wildlife species. Changes to the way Atlantic...
The New England Fishery Management Council is soliciting public comments to develop new management measures for Atlantic herring.
In the most significant Gulf menhaden conservation outcome to date, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has approved creating a half-mile coastwide buffer prohibiting commercial netting of Gulf menhaden and increasing fish spill penalties...
For the second year in a row, Virginia legislators delayed the passage of a bill that would support a three-year study to determine the ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of the Atlantic menhaden...
Decades-old offshore oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico, no longer involved in extraction, still provide critical marine habitat and prime fishing – and bipartisan legislation is aimed at protecting these rigs-turned-reefs.
Book author, New York Times columnist, and renowned saltwater fly fisherman Peter Kaminsky talked to TRCP about his love for chasing Atlantic striped bass and the current state of the fishery.
With 2023 winding to a close, we wanted to look back at the top accomplishments toward forage fish conservation that the TRCP, our partners, and dedicated members along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts achieved...
After recent stock projections were worse than expected, the ASMFC Striped Bass Management Board is seeking angler input as it gauges the adjustments necessary to meet the rebuilding timeline for the Atlantic striped bass...
In a major conservation win for redfish and anglers, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent late last week to create a minimum 1-mile coastwide buffer prohibiting commercial netting of...
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