Fishing RSS Feeds- Fishing News - Maryland Fishing News

"DIAMOND JIM" STRIPED BASS STILL AT LARGE

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:14:04 -0400

WHAT: DNR will release the second batch of specially tagged striped bass, including Diamond Jim, for the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge. Event begins inland and will be followed by a fishing trip to catch and tag the stripers.

MID-ATLANTIC STATES PARTNER TO PROTECT AND MANAGE THE OCEAN

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:57:03 -0400

New York, New York - Yesterday at an Ocean Summit in New York City, the State of Maryland joined with the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia to announce a new Mid-Atlantic ocean partnership designed to address the region's priority ocean issues including offshore energy, climate change, water quality, and habitat protection. The states' governors, through the newly formed Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean, will advocate in one voice to leverage greater state influence on the management of offshore areas and help guide federal and interstate actions and resources.

NORTHEAST DIVISION BFL ANGLERS TO COMPETE ON POTOMAC RIVER

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:08:55 -0400

MARBURY, MARYLAND - The Northeast Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, June 13 for the second of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

MARYLAND WATERMAN'S BODY RECOVERED

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:25:20 -0400

On June 1, 2009 at approximately 5:00 pm., the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) recovered the body of the missing waterman, Raymond Lee Gifford in Harris Creek, Bozman, Maryland. Gifford was last seen at 5:00 am when he left his residence to go crabbing.

WANTED: $10,000 "DIAMOND JIM" STRIPED BASS

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:10:18 -0400

WHAT: DNR will release the first batch of specially tagged striped bass, including Diamond Jim, for the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge. Event begins inland and will be followed by a fishing trip to catch and tag the stripers.

WATERMEN FOUND GUILTY OF ROCKFISH VIOLATIONS

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:17:11 -0400

Kent County - On May 7, 2009 in Kent County District Court, John Franklin Riggs of Rockhall, Maryland and Stephen Lawrence Tyer of Rockhall, Maryland were found guilty commercial fishing violations.

O'MALLEY SIGNS AQUACULTURE REVITALIZATION BILL

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:36:44 -0400

Annapolis, Maryland -Yesterday, Governor Martin O'Malley signed into law a new Aquaculture Shellfish Leasing bill (Senate Bill 271/House Bill 312) that revamps leasing laws to make it easier for watermen and others to grow shellfish in the Bay. The bill, developed out of recommendations from the Oyster Advisory Commission, is another one of Governor O'Malley's Smart, Green and Growing initiatives from the 2009 Legislative Assembly.

MORE MARYLAND FISHERMEN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL ROCKFISH HARVESTS

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:43:58 -0400

WASHINGTON-Three more commercial fishermen were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., for illegally harvesting and under-reporting their catch of striped bass, also known as rockfish, the Justice Department announced. The sentencings are part of the on-going prosecution of individuals and wholesalers who have participated in a black market to overfish and under-report rockfish catch from the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waterways, which is the largest spawning ground for striped bass on the East Coast.

MARYLAND'S BAY GRASSES INCREASE IN 2008

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:50:21 -0400

Annapolis, Maryland - Bay grasses, a favorite home to the blue crab, increased 20 percent in 2008 in Maryland's portion of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The majority of the 7,221-acre increase resulted from a continued expansion on the Susquehanna Flats, home of the largest bay grass beds in the Chesapeake Bay. While the new number - 42,237 acres (up from 35,016 acres in 2007) - marks a significant increase, Maryland bay grass acreage remains far short of the 2010 restoration goal of 110,000 acres.

POTOMAC RIVER SITE FOR WALMART BASS FISHING LEAGUE NORTHEAST DIVISION TOURNAMENT+

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:41:08 -0400

MARBURY, MARYLAND - The Northeast Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, May 9 for the first of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AGREE ON CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER RESTORATION

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:52:54 -0400

Annapolis, Maryland -The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) Executive Committee has announced their agreement to identify a native-only restoration strategy as the preferred alternative in the final PEIS due to be published in late June. The Governors of Maryland and Virginia praised the decision.

MARYLAND DNR ANNOUNCES 2009 COMMERCIAL WEAKFISH SEASON AND RESTRICTIONS

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:39:22 -0400

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary John R. Griffin pursuant to 08.02.05.13 announces the 2009 commercial weakfish season and restrictions. The Atlantic weakfish fishery for gill nets and other gears, except trawl nets, will open at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, March 25, 2009 and continue to 12:00 p.m. midnight, Saturday, April 25, 2009. This fishery for gill nets and other gears will reopen at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, September 3, 2009 and continue to 12:00 midnight, Saturday, November 14, 2009. A licensee using gill nets and other gears in theAtlantic may not catch or land weakfish on Sundays during these open seasons.

DNR FISHERIES SERVICE RECOMMENDS NEW HORSESHOE CRAB HARVEST RATIO

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:37:32 -0400

To provide further protection to the Atlantic coast population of horseshoe crabs and increase the availability of horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay to hemispheric migratory shorebird populations, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is implementing a 2:1 male to female horseshoe crab harvest ratio, effective April 1st. There is currently no sex ratio limit.

DNR HIRES WATERMEN TO REHABILITATE OYSTER SANCTUARY BARS IN SEVERN RIVER

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:05:06 -0500

Annapolis, Maryland - Workboats will prepare oyster bars in the Severn River for baby oyster (spat) to be planted next spring. The watermen, impacted by the beleaguered Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery, were hired as part of Governor Martin O'Malley's economic mitigation work projects. Reporters are invited to join Mike Naylor of the Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service and the Oyster Recovery Partnership's Executive Director Stephan Abel on Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. to learn more about the water-based economic mitigation projects and interview working watermen aboard their vessels.

MARYLAND DNR WITHDRAWS COMMERCIAL CATCHER PORTION OF 2009 REGULATORY PROPOSAL FOR BLUE CRAB

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:12:46 -0500

Annapolis, Maryland - Maryland Department Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary John R. Griffin has announced the Department 's decision to withdraw the Limited Crab Catcher (LCC) component of the Department's 2009 blue crab regulatory proposal.