The 2015 Illinois Fall Trout Fishing Season opened Oct. 17 at 53 ponds, lakes, and streams throughout the state. The fly fishing catch-and-release trout season that debuted in Illinois last spring, which proved very popular among anglers, will be offered … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began its fall trout stocking season by releasing roughly 3,500 rainbow trout in Western Maryland. “When and where we stock is largely dependent on weather conditions, water flow and temperatures,” DNR Inland Fisheries … Continued
A hepatitis B-like virus has been found for the first time in fish. A team of USGS researchers found the virus in white sucker from the Great Lakes Region using gene-sequencing technologies. How the recently discovered hepatitis B-like virus is … Continued
NOAA has selected three projects, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), totaling nearly $1 million, to restore habitat in severely degraded areas of the Great Lakes. Funded projects in Michigan and Ohio will restore spawning and nursery grounds for … Continued
Effective March 18, 2016, NOAA Fisheries will implement a federal moratorium on fishing, possession, and landing of American eel in Delaware waters. The moratorium is required by the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act in response to the determination that … Continued