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December

College Students:
Apply for a Sedge Island Internship


Mako Amendment Is Tweaked

Addenda Recommend Allowing
State Sea Bass Regs
In Fed Waters
And Slot Size Limits
For Fluke


ASMFC Winter Meeting
Feb. 5-7 at Arlington


Freshwater Digest Available

Big Game Tournaments
To Be Required to Submit
A Catch Summary


Get a 2019 Fishing License

Division of Fish and Wildlife's
Annual Report


November

MAFMC To Meet
Dec. 10-13 at Annapolis


Results Are In:
Wildlife Management Area Survey


Ice-Fishing Workshop
For Women Jan. 19


Landlocked Salmon Stocked
At Merrill Creek Reservoir


Public Comment Invited:
Potential Amendment Would Create Bag Limit
For Chub Mackerel


October

Winter Trout Stocking
Nov. 19-20


States Schedule
Public Meetings About
Fluke, Scup and Sea Bass
Management


MAFMC To Meet About
Fluke, Scup and Sea Bass


ASMFC Concludes
Annual Meeting


Last Chance:
Apply for Striper Bonus Tag by Oct. 31


Shad Spawn in Millstone River
For First Time in 173 Years


JCAA: EEZ Should Remain Closed
To Striper Fishing


21,000 Sizable Trout Stocked
In Fall Trout Stocking


Annual Delaware River
Seine Survey Is Released


MAFMC Wraps Up
October Meeting


Boating United:
Tell U.S. Senate to Pass
Modern Fish Act


September

Fall Trout Stocking
Kicks Off Oct. 9


Comment Period Extended
For Mako Management


Reminder:
Apply for Striper Bonus Tag


ASMFC Annual Meeting
Oct. 21-25 in NYC


MAFMC To Meet
Oct.1-4 in Cape May


Feedback
About Offshore Windmills
To Be Discussed


August

MAFMC Concludes August Meeting

Hackettstown Hatchery
Collects Pike, Walleyes and
Muskies for Broodstock


Learn About N.J.' s
Different Drum Species


Mako Sharks
Emergency Regs Extended


Fluke, Scup, Sea Bass and
Bluefish Harvest Limits
Announced for 2019


WILD Outdoor Expo
Sept. 8-9 at Colliers Mills


Avoid the Fall Rush:
Apply for a Striper Bonus Tag


ASMFC Wraps Up
Summer Meeting


Mako and Bluefin Management
To Be Among Topics
At Meeting


12-Pounder from Sandy Hook
Is Biggest in JCAA Fluke Tourn
;
11-Pounder from A.C.
Is Next-Biggest


July

JCAA: Offshore Wind Farms
Could Benefit Anglers
;
Anglers Should Request Input


Northern Trophy Bluefin Fishery
Is Closing


Public Comment Invited:
Amendment Aims
To Prevent Overfishing
Of Makos
, Rebuild the
Population and Tighten
Fishing Regs


ASMFC Summer Meeting
Set for Aug. 7-9 at Arlington


MAFMC To Meet
Aug. 13-16 at Virginia Beach


NOAA Increases
Past Estimates of Fishing Trips


Columbia Lake Dam
To Be Removed
From Paulinskill River


Striper Bonus Tags
Available Sept. 1


Public Comment Invited
About Delaware River and
Bay's Management


Family Fishing Classes
Offered at Pequest


Quota Increase Proposed
For Bluefin Tuna
;
Public Comment Invited


June

Striped Bass Stock
To Be Assessed


Landlocked Salmon
Breaks 67-Year Record


Possible Changes
In Bluefish Management
To Be Discussed at Meetings


N.J. Divison of Fish and Wildlife:
Millstone River's
A Dynamic Fishery


Free Fishing Day June 9

May

Spring Trout Stocking Ends,
Extra Were Stocked and
Good Trouting Continues


36-Inch Blue Wins
Governor's Surf Tourn


NOAA Releases
2017's Status of Stocks


MAFMC's
Sea Bass Fact Sheet:
Management Challenges
For an Abundant Stock


MAFMC Meeting
June 5-7 in Philly


ASMFC Concludes
Spring Meeting


Pequest Hatchery
Open House and Flea Market
June 2-3


Fed Approves May 15 as
Opening Day of
N.J.'s Sea Bass Season


Catch Shad or Herring
From Musconetcong River?
Report It


Marine Digest Available

April

MAFMC Wraps Up
April Meeting


Bluefin Bag Limit Adjusted

Skillful Angler Program Improved

NOAA Seeks Comments
About Summer Flounder
,
Scup and Sea Bass Management


Sedge Island
Educational Programs
To Be Offered to
Youths and Adults
In Summer


New Jersey Sets
Fluke and Sea Bass Regs


Trout Season To Open April 7

Trout Stocking Schedule

New Jersey Decides
Blackfish and Porgy Regs

N.J. Marine Fisheries Council
To Consider
2018 Fluke and Sea Bass Regs
At Meeting April 5


N.J. Fish and Wildlife:
Read Online Reports About
Delaware River Shad


Acoustic Receivers Deployed Again
To Track Sturgeon in Delaware Bay


MAFMC To Meet
April 10-12 at Montauk


ASMFC Spring Meeting
Slated for April 30-May 3
At Arlington


March

ASMFC Approves
N.J.'s Proposed Options
For 2018 Sea Bass Regs


N.J. Decides Blackfish
And Porgy Regs for 2018
;
Fluke and Sea Bass
Regs Are Pending


Trophy Bluefin Tuna
Fishery Closes
South of Great Egg Inlet


In Conference Call,
ASMFC To Consider Approving Addendum
Making N.J. a Standalone Region
For Sea Bass Management


Nighttime Shoreline Fishing
Approved for Hopatcong State Park


Emergency, 83-Inch Size Limit
Announced for Makos


NMFS Invites Public Comments
About Makos


February

Save $:
Register Early
For Governor's Surf Tourn


Emergency Rule on Makos
To Be Among Topics
At Meeting


Public Meeting
About Trout Stocking
March 3


MAFMC Recommends
A Sea Bass Season
From May 15-Dec. 31


Addendum Would Make N.J.
A State-Specific-Region
For Sea Bass Management


Options Announced
For 2018 Fluke Regs
;
Year-Round Porgy
Season Is Proposed


Public Comment Invited:
NOAA Proposes to Prohibit
Trapping on N.J.'s Reefs


Amendment Would Expand
Sea Bass Regional Management


Meeting Will Discuss
Additional Fee To Be Charged
For Beach-Buggy Access
At Brigantine


Winners of 2017
N.J. Skillful Angler Awards
Announced


Become Informed:
Learn the Basics
Of Fisheries Management
At Workshop


January

MAFMC To Meet
Feb. 13-15 in Raleigh, N.C.


ASMFC Releases
Annual Report for 2017


High School Teams Can Compete
In Governor's Surf Tourn -- Free!


Annual Sedge Island Programs
For Teens To Be Held Again


Reminder:
Renew Your
Saltwater Fishing Registry
For the Year


NOAA Requests
Anglers to Release Makos


Workshops Will Teach
New Electronic Catch-Reporting
To Federally-Permitted Captains


Hackettstown Hatchery
Stocked a Record
5 Million Fish in 2017


You're Invited:
Freshwater Fisheries Forum
Jan. 20 at Hackettstown


NOAA Seeks Comments
About Sea Bass Management


NOAA's 2017 Big Game
Assessment and Evaluation
Is Available


ASMFC Winter Meeting
Set for Feb. 6-8 at Arlington, Va.


JCAA:
A February Sea Bass Season
Becomes Unlikely
; Tell the Gov't.
A Sea Bass Reduction
Is Unacceptable


MAFMC Makes Decisions
On Summer Flounder
And More at December Meeting


Read a Tautog Profile
In Latest Issue of Fisheries Focus


Striper Bonus Program Closed Jan. 1;
Submit Logbooks by Jan. 15


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