The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently released its 2012 National Fish Passage Program Annual Report. More than 200 dams and other fish passage obstacles on U.S. waterways were removed in 2012 through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s … Continued
A multi-year walleye tagging study that will eventually include thousands of fish was initiated on the Missouri River earlier this spring. The study area is big, running from Garrison Dam in central North Dakota downstream to Lake Oahe Dam in … Continued
According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, fishing was one of several outdoor activities that increased dramatically from 2006 to 2011. Details are contained in the final report of the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation released … Continued
A recently released study by Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) found low numbers of striped bass, yellow perch, white perch, and river herring. The 2012 striped bass juvenile index, a measure of striped bass spawning success in Chesapeake Bay, … Continued
After decades of declining numbers, the latest national survey of outdoor recreation indicates that the number of hunters and anglers has increased significantly over the past five years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, … Continued