November 7, 2024
The Mississippi’s Massive Catfish, Tasty Drums & Bountiful Crabs: Video Compilation
Watch fishing videos produced when TRCP brought a group of talented river anglers with prominent online followings to check off a multitude of fishing wish-list items at the mouth...
October 29, 2024
Mississippi River Diversion Builds Land, Enhances Fishing Opportunities
Southern Louisiana's Neptune Pass, which formed naturally during higher Mississippi River flows since 2018, provides a real-world example of the benefits of sediment diversions for a healthy delta and...
October 16, 2024
Louisiana No-Fishing Buffer May Be Preventing Fish Spills
Fully 1 million fewer dead pogies, or menhaden, were spilled in the 2024 season compared to the annual average after near-shore, half-mile-wide buffers were created by the state to...
October 1, 2024
The Importance of Restoring Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands
President Theodore Roosevelt designated the Chandeleur Islands, which provide key habitat for waterfowl, sportfish, and sea turtles, as the second-ever National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. Now construction...
May 9, 2024
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...
March 5, 2024
Productive Louisiana Freshwater Fishery “Dying a Slow Death”
The swamp-fringed Lac Des Allemands is losing ground without historical sediment flows, but Mississippi River restoration efforts offer a lifeline.
February 15, 2024
Louisiana Issues Regulations to Protect Nearshore Habitat from Menhaden Industry
In the most significant Gulf menhaden conservation outcome to date, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has approved creating a half-mile coastwide buffer prohibiting commercial netting of Gulf menhaden...
October 10, 2023
Louisiana Issues Proposed Regulations to Protect Redfish, Conserve Habitat from Industrial Menhaden Fishery
In a major conservation win for redfish and anglers, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent late last week to create a minimum 1-mile coastwide...
August 16, 2023
Louisiana Commences Unprecedented Coastal Habitat Restoration Project
Louisiana just broke ground on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion—America’s largest and most expensive habitat restoration project to date—to breathe life back into a critical Gulf Shore basin and promote...
February 4, 2016
Louisiana Biologists Are Tracking Potential Monsters in the Depths of Lake Pontchartrain
How telemetry tag data could improve the odds of redfish and trout reaching trophy size Ashley Ferguson may not be a fish surgeon, but she’s become pretty handy with...
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