December 2017

Wind Chill Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 343 AM EST Sun Dec 31 2017 New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Cecil-Kent MD- Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex- Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden- Northwestern…

Save the date!  May 5th will be the First annual Chillaware Island Spring Surf Fishing tournament.  We have a lot of details to tell you about and are still working with sponsors.  If anyone would like to be a sponsor please get in touch at admin@delaware-surf-fishing.com.  This spring tournament will be just like the fall tournament we just…

Two years ago people were catching tagged blue claw crabs near us in the Chesapeake and its tributaries. We got in touch with the people doing the tagging for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Animal Tracking Studies. The interview was interesting and informative. We learned a great deal especially about migration…

The November/December issue of ASMFC Fisheries Focus is now available at http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/5a45939aFishFocusNovDec2017.pdf.   INSIDE THIS ISSUE Upcoming Meetings page 2 Report From the Chair A Year in Review page 3 Species Profile Tautog page 4   Fishery Management Actions Atlantic Menhaden Black Sea Bass…

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Dec. 18-24 Reminder for the week: Time to renew your 2018 Delaware fishing license DOVER (Dec. 29, 2017) – To achieve public compliance with laws and regulations through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating…

Twelve Months Of Fishing Fish Gut Friday by Suzanne Martin So here we are, end of 2017, and it's cold ... very cold.  Makes me dream of warmer days, sunsets getting later (which they actually are right now!) ,and of course ... fishing. I was looking back on the past year, and thinking of some of the highlights of many days…

States Schedule Public Hearings on Draft Addendum XXX Board Seeks Input on Regional Management Options for Black Sea Recreational Fisheries for 2018 and Beyond   Arlington, VA – Atlantic states from Massachusetts through Virginia have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum XXX to the Black Sea Bass Fishery…

DNREC, DDA prepare to respond to Delaware Supreme Court’s Dec. 7 decision allowing firearms in state parks and forests DOVER (Dec. 22, 2017) – The Delaware Supreme Court, by decision dated Dec. 7, 2017 in the matter of Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, LTD, overturned a Superior Court ruling and ended a ban on visitors’ possessing…

Please find attached and below the preliminary agenda and public comment guidelines for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s 2018 Winter Meeting, February 6-8, 2018 in Arlington, VA. The agenda is also available at http://www.asmfc.org/home/2018-winter-meeting. Included in the attachment are the travel authorization form, travel…

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Dec. 11-17 Reminder for the week: A new year brings the need for a new boat registration DOVER (Dec. 22, 2017) – To achieve public compliance with laws and regulations through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe…