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East Bay Anglers to hold used tackle sale The East Bay Anglers fishing club will run a used fishing tackle sale on Saturday, March 30 at the Riverside Sportsman’s Club on Mohawk Drive – just off the Wampanoag Trail in East Providence. According to Matt Newell, Club president, “Last year’s pioneering event was so well [...]
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Commercial fishing license renewal Licenses may be renewed online through April 29 via DEM’s website, www.dem.ri.gov. License holders are reminded that prior to license renewal, all logbooks must be up to date with DEM’s Marine Fisheries Program located at 3 Fort Wetherill Road in Jamestown. For questions concerning the log books, call the Marine Fisheries [...]
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March 13 public hearing on key recreational fishing issues Recreational and commercial fishermen are urged to attend and express their thoughts on proposed amendments to a variety of management plans that regulate the length, catch limit and season of a variety of species. The Marine Fisheries Division of the Rhode Island Department of Environment Management [...]
Read More →Severe catch restrictions for black sea bass may be coming
The stock status and 2013 quota for black sea bass, a species often targeted by local anglers, is in question. The quota may be reduced by as much as 39 to 46 percent. It’s likely that regulations for both commercial and recreational fishing will change, imposing new and more severe catch restrictions for 2013. The [...]
Read More →Saltwater Sportsman National Seminar is Saturday
The Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series will be held in Providence from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Roberts Hall Auditorium at Rhode Island College. George Poveromo, host of “George Poveromo’s World of Saltwater Fishing” on the NBC Sports Network, and editor-at-large for Salt Water Sportsman, will headline the program, along [...]
Read More →‘Yo-yo’ rigs are ruled OK
Last week, the Striped Bass Advisory Panel of the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council voted not to recommend a ban on a certain type of “yo-yo” fishing rigs. Lead “yo-yo” rigs are used by some commercial and recreational rod and reel fisherman. The practice of yo-yoing involves inserting a lead weight into a dead bait [...]
Read More →Rhode Island to host Salt Water series
The Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Roberts Hall Auditorium at Rhode Island College in Providence. George Poveromo, host of “George Poveromo’s World of Saltwater Fishing” on the NBC Sports Network, and editor-at-large for Salt Water Sportsman, will headline the program, along [...]
Read More →Game-changing issues for anglers in 2012
A lot has gone on this year that has and will continue to impact our bays and ocean waters and the health of our fishery. Here are four major issues that I thought about a lot this year. Global warming Hurricane Sandy continues to create awareness about global warning, with government officials, politicians and coastal [...]
Read More →More to menhaden vote than meets the eye
I spoke with Bob Ballou, assistant to the director of the R.I. Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and Rick Bellavance, president of the R.I. Party & Charter Boat Association, about the Dec. 14 Atlantic Slates Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) deliberations and votes on Amendment 2 concerning the management of Atlantic menhaden. Ballou and Bellavance, along [...]
Read More →Commission restricts Atlantic menhaden catch
On Friday the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) voted on Draft Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic menhaden, which outlined a number of new regulations on the species. The ASMFC, comprised of representatives from 15 coastal states, took the action during a commission meeting in Baltimore, Md. “Today the Atlantic [...]
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