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Angling community forges recommendations or legislative updates to Magnuson Act. L to R: Larry McKinney, Jeff Angers (Ctr. for Coastal Conservation), Thom Dammrich (NMMA), Eileen Sobek (NMFS), Scott Deal, Johnny Morris (Bass Pro), Mike Nussman. A clear...

by Diane Tennant photography by Eric Lusher Your future entree is, at this moment, looking for trouble. The fact it is still alive and sidling along the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay is pretty remarkable, given that the blue crab could sing right along...

Editor’s note In a lot of ways, we consider anything Charles Witek has to say on fisheries management and conservation a “must read”. Charlie has recently started a blog at http://oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.com/ I hope many of you...

Despite a federal regulation in place restricting cobia fishing off Atlantic coast, the state of Virginia has defied it and left the season open until August 30th. This past Tuesday, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted 5-4 to keep the Commonwealth...

How was sea bass managed in the EU until now? For years France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium have managed sea bass nationally. National management measures varied: voluntary minimum landing sizes in France, closed areas to...