Chub mackerel caught by Kevin Fetzer off Beavertail Light, Jamestown, RI. Fetzer said, “They put up quite a fight on light tackle and are good to eat.” I step on the dock, and that intangible essence of what boating and fishing brings to me turns on. I have tried to put my finger on it […]
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, ASMFC Address Recreational Fisheries Issues
Black sea bass, photo by Charlie Witek. When the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Bluefish and Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Boards (Management Boards) held a series of joint meetings early in October 2019, they addressed a number of recreational fisheries issues that, in […]