The Fisherman

Effective May 15, the bluefin tuna (BFT) daily retention limits are increased from the previous limit of one measuring 27 to less than 73 inches.

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has completed the 2015 channel catfish stocking program in 24 water bodies across the state.

The Atlantic Herring Section has released Draft Amendment 3 to the Interstate Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan for public comment.

The ASMFC welcomes the submission of data sets that will improve the accuracy of the assessment.

The NY DEC urges caution on the Great Lakes as lake sturgeon are a threatened species in New York with no open season.

New Jersey’s grey (blueline) tilefish record is broken in 2015, by a fish which may be in contention for IGFA world record honors.

Long Island State Parks have established a designated kayak launch site in the southeast corner of Captree’s east parking lot.

A new rule in New Hampshire bans the use of drones, smart rifles and live-action game cameras while hunting or attempting to take wildlife.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is accepting public comments on proposed changes to regulations governing the recreational harvest of black sea bass in 2015.

2015 preseason trout stocking well underway across the state despite challenging winter conditions this spring.

New Jersey’s 2015 trout opener is set for Saturday, April 4, with 570,000 freshly stocked rainbow trout in 90 streams and 88 ponds and lakes located throughout New Jersey anxiously awaiting a baited hook, spinner or fly!

Meetings have been set on the proposal to stop anglers groundfishing at research area in the Gulf of Maine.

April 1 marks the start of open-water fishing on the big lakes that the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department manages for landlocked salmon and lake trout.

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) extendeds the prohibition on the taking of alewives and blueback herring through March 31, 2016.

Close to 500,000 brook, brown, rainbow and tiger trout will be stocked across Massachusetts this spring.

As part a collaborative effort to mitigate the impact of acid rain and restore brook trout to the Adirondacks, New York state helicopters delivered 80 tons of lime to an acidified pond in the Five Ponds Wilderness Area.