Fishing’s Most Wanted: Catch & Eat These Tasty Invasives
Support sustainable native fisheries by targeting, removing, and cooking up these four delicious, aquatic invasive fish species.
Category: Recreational Fisheries
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2024 Herring Stock Assessment Shows Continued Decline
The Atlantic herring stock is still being overfished, and recent public scoping shows that a vast majority of anglers and other stakeholders favor stricter management measures to support rebuilding the fishery.
Hunters and Anglers Cheer House Introduction of the Bipartisan ACE Reauthorization Act
Lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill to boost funding and provide crucial enhancements to conservation programs benefiting fish and wildlife.
125 Pennsylvania Trout Streams That Deserve a Conservation Status Update
Anglers are campaigning to update the designations of top Pennsylvania waterways to reflect the exceptional status of their wild trout populations and water quality.
American Wetlands Month: Celebrating Progress and Addressing Challenges
TRCP is rallying support for policies to protect and restore wetlands and the role they play in sustaining fish and wildlife.
Hunters and Anglers Applaud Senate Passage of the Bipartisan ACE Reauthorization Act
The ACE Reauthorization Act aims to boost funding and provide vital enhancements to conservation programs benefiting fish and wildlife.
For the Future of Striped Bass
Keep Fish Wet’s Executive Director Sascha Clark Danylchuk explains why Atlantic striped bass numbers are down, and offers anglers science-based best practices to make the fishery more resilient.
Freshwater Fishing Benefits from Mississippi River Restoration
South Louisiana’s Maurepas Swamp offers good opportunities for panfish, bass, and catfish that will get even better once its waters are reconnected to the Mississippi River through a small-scale diversion project.
In the Arena: Jon “Hoss” Haas
Jon “Hoss” Haas is host and executive producer of Emmy-nominated Hoss Off the Grid, which invites viewers into the rush of adventure-destination sportfishing. He’s a hardcore lifetime fisherman, whose endeavors are framed by a...
Blue Catfish in the Chesapeake are Gobbling Up Everything in It
Blue catfish are an aquatic invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay, and eat millions of the striped bass, menhaden, and blue crabs so vital for ecosystem health, recreational fishing, and local economies.
