Cover Photo: James Manning, @TheAnglersLens Catch and Release Science on Striped Bass New Information Could Lead the Way to Better Management Author: Tony Friedrich The Diodati and Richards study, Mortality of Striped Bass Hooked and Released in Saltwater, was originally released in 1996. There has not been a lot of work
The University of Maine’s Pelagic Fisheries Lab is beginning work on a study to determine the catch and release mortality of giant (commercial-sized) bluefin tuna. As many of you New Englanders likely know, the past several bluefin seasons have been incredible, and many observant anglers have noticed strong year classes
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
Findings could help managers improve self-reporting rates to ensure long-term sustainability In a recent blog, we highlighted how collecting timely and accurate data from the recreational fishing community continues to be a major challenge for managers, even though our sector can be responsible for the bulk of removals in popular fisheries.
*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.
Christmas has arrived early for Albie lovers on the east coast. If you’ve followed along with The Albie Project, you will be just as excited as we were when we first heard this news. If you’re not familiar with the campaign: this fall, in collaboration with the New England Aquarium,
By Tony Friedrich, VP/Policy Director False albacore (albies) have arrived in Nantucket Sound and so have our tagging teams, eager to get started on our acoustic tagging study to learn more about the species (you can also check out our podcast). We got the text a few days ago from
ASGA teams up with the New England Aquarium, Orsted, Costa Del Mar, and others to investigate albie movements and post-release mortality For fly and light-tackle anglers along the U.S. east coast, few species attract more of a cult following than the false albacore, endearingly referred to as “albies” (and formally
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