June 2019: Issue 14 Archives - The Fisherman

June 2019: Issue 14

In the Bag

Starting June 1, single-use plastic bags are officially banned in the town of Brigantine.

Casting Stones

On April 18, a young man from Pennsylvania fishing with his two young sons on the Jersey side of the Delaware River hooked up with the striper of a lifetime.

Fisheries Back in Washington Spotlight

The national debate over our federal fisheries law, the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson), returned to Capitol Hill as the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife convened on May 1 for an oversight hearing on “The State of Fisheries.”