Fishing boats caught a skipjack tuna off the Copper River in Alaska, and surveys turned up an ocean sunfish and thresher shark off southeast Alaska. Pacific bluefin tuna increased in number and size in U.S. waters, exciting recreational anglers and generating new revenue for the...
Happy Father’s Day. Our longtime correspondent Scott Haugen wrote this piece in our sister publication, Alaska Sporting Journal (you can read part one here): Editor’s note: Last month, Scott Haugen shared trips down memory lane while in Klawock and fun fishing times...
Technically, the last El Niño happened in 2023-24, but those particular years didn’t really hit us that hard in terms of changing angling activity in my normal Southern California and Baja California fishing zones. However, there was a super El Niño...
The BLM-managed public lands affected by these fire restrictions are within the Bishop Field Office and extend from the southern Owens Valley in Inyo County, north to Topaz Lake, and the Nevada border in Mono County. These fire restrictions also apply...
“Fishery resource disasters have devastating effects on local communities and our economy,” said Neil Jacobs, Ph.D, NOAA administrator. “This disaster funding provides much needed assistance to our fishing industry, and we will work with the affected communities to help them recover....
Officers also watched as the other two subjects left the area carrying clams and placing them in the trunk of the same vehicle. The officers ultimately contacted the subjects and found 107 Pismo clams – 99 of which were undersized –...