By Will Poston, Policy Consultant By now, you’ve likely heard something or other about the prospect of commercial-sized offshore wind farms coming to the U.S. Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and beyond. Make no mistake—we at ASGA are fish people, not energy gurus, and were less than enchanted at the need to come
Here’s what went down this year… on and off the water By Capt. John McMurray, President, ASGA How would I best describe the fishing this past year? Not bad really, but it could have been better. I think that’s the sentiment from most guides in New England and the Mid-Atlantic.
On the morning of Tuesday, December 14th, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board (Board) to consider several issues within the black sea bass, summer flounder, and scup fisheries. Ten hours later, the
By Will Poston, Fisheries Policy Consultant For longer than a year, we’ve been keeping an eye on the Recreational Reform Initiative (RRI), a comprehensive joint effort by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) to improve the management of four key recreational fisheries—black
By Will Poston, Fisheries Policy Consultant A Congressionally mandated, 200-plus page study that mentions “red snapper” 297 times could only come from one piece of legislation: The Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018, or “Modern Fish Act” for short. This legislation was fueled in part by growing frustration among
Big news from Capitol Hill: This afternoon, Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) and Congressman Ed Case (D-HI-1) introduced the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), which governs fisheries management in U.S. federal waters. Click here for a one-pager describing the
We know that folks are focused on striped bass right now. And for good reason, given the potential approval of the Amendment 7 Public Information Document at this week’s Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting. But there are potentially big changes afoot at the federal fisheries level as well, and
There have been a lot of rumors swirling about lately when it comes to Atlantic bluefin tuna. Many U.S. fishermen are seeing more bluefin, both large and small, than they ever have in their lifetimes. Scientists, meanwhile, recently concluded a stock assessment suggesting that the status of western Atlantic bluefin
Tony Friedrich VP/Policy Director You may have missed this. We understand. We are a little late writing about it for the same reasons. We all need some good news these days. This is actually some great news. Before you read this, put your partisan sabers down. This is about conservation.
We hope you are all healthy! We at ASGA are doing our best to forge ahead during these unprecedented times. We were thrilled to see our guides allowed back on the water as part of states’ Phase 1 re-openings. This was a huge victory for all fishermen up and down
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