The Fisherman

The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight field hearing on coastal fisheries on Monday, December 7 at 10 a.m. in Riverhead, NY.

Take action now to avoid the closure of all of Connecticut’s fish hatcheries across the state.

Maryland Natural Resources Police officers charged poachers in Queen Anne’s and Somerset counties with fishing violations in recent cases.

National Grid will be hosting an open house specifically for those involved in the fishing and marine industries on Tuesday, December 15 in regards to the Block Island Wind Farm.

Three Bay State lakes receive 900 juvenile tiger muskies from a New Jersey hatchery.

NYDEC successfully prosecutes fish dealer for illegal poaching of glass eels.

Rockaway Reef, originally permitted in 1965, is a 413–acre area of man-made reefs located 1.6 nautical miles south of Rockaway Beach off Long Island’s south shore.

This relatively new surf event is quickly gaining in popularity with Long Island casters.

Richie Moschella from The Reel Deal Fishing Show gets to set the hook with the first family of custom bike building.

As of Monday, November 2, 2015, New Jersey anglers get their reefs back – well, at least 83.2% of Sandy Hook and Axel Carlson.

2015 was the 25th anniversary for the region’s largest 1-day striped bass tournament. Bob Koehler of Patchogue Long Island had the big bass of the day with weighing-in at 31 pounds.

The ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board Revises 2016 Black Sea Bass Specifications & Initiates Draft Addendum for Regional Management of 2016 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Recreational Fisheries.

A bluefish blitz of epic proportions produced a pending New York State record of 25.25 pounds.

With incredible weather, great fishing, overwhelming sponsor support, and near-record numbers of anglers, the 70th annual Martha’s Vineyard Derby was one to remember!

This ecologically rich island has tremendous potential as a public resource and needs to be spared commercial development

NOAA Fisheries is requesting comments on proposed 2016-2018 regulations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass by Tuesday, November 24, 2015