Feature Photo: A false albacore being tagged off the coast of Massachusetts. 40% of these tagged fish swam to North Carolina waters in the following weeks. Photo Credit: Rex Messing | SIMMS Fishing Basic guardrail management has been proposed for the false albacore fishery in North Carolina. Rule 15A NCAC
Feature Photo: A school of false albacore chasing bait along the remnants of a nearshore shipwreck off the coast of Jupiter, Florida. Captured by photographer Paul Dabill. As many of our advocates already know, launching The Albie Project was a nerve-wracking process for the ASGA team. Nearly three years after
ASGA and New England Aquarium announce the latest findings in The Albie Project that point towards one connected coast for false albacore. First and foremost, ASGA would like to thank everyone who purchased Albie Project goods or donated directly to support our research efforts – and of course, our wonderful
Feature Photo: Rex Messing Monday, August 7, 2023 This afternoon the ASGA team was briefed by NOAA officials that the Fisheries Effort Survey has been overestimating recreational fishing effort. Our current understanding is that this overestimation is around 30-40%, as was discovered in a recent pilot study to evaluate potential
ASGA has collaborated with acclaimed industry artist Cody Richardson to fundraise for Year 2 of #TheAlbieProject with an exclusive art collection. The seven (7) unique, limited edition custom license plate art albies are now live on The ASGA Shop. Cody Richardson is a Colorado native who grew up exploring the
Yeah, we are busy. It is times like this that you are grateful for the team you get to work with. ASGA is firing on all cylinders. This blog began as an afterthought. We were going over timelines on various efforts and two questions arose. First, how the heck are we going to
ASGA firmly believes the story of the false albacore is still unwritten. Albies have a cult following throughout the Atlantic coast. They’re valuable for many key angling communities – more than some understand or are willing to acknowledge. That’s why we embarked on The Albie Project: a dynamic intersection of passionate
The Albie Project is off to the races so far in 2023, and ASGA is thrilled to share an exciting opportunity to establish precautionary management for false albacore AND Atlantic Bonito later this spring. There’s a lot to unpack here, so settle in and follow along—I’ll include some brief bullet-points
*Last Updated January 5th, 2023* Albie genetic data have been collected and analyzed for Year 1 of The Albie Project. Samples were collected from New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina this past fall. Initial results indicate that we are likely looking at one coastwide stock. To gain more clarity, we
It has been one heck of a year. Through it all, we kept our spirits up and left nothing on the table. The ASGA team wants to extend our heartfelt gratitude to every one of our supporters. So many of you helped ASGA in so many different ways in 2022.
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