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December

2018 N.J. Freshwater Digest Available

States Schedule Meetings
For Public Comment
On Alternative
Sea Bass Management

Update: New Jersey Meeting
Is Rescheduled and Relocated


New Jersey Seeks Public Comment
On 10-Year Wildlife Action Plan


22-Pound 2-Ounce Bluefish
Breaks N.J. Spearfishing Record


Gov't. Proposes a February
Sea Bass Season and Takes Action
About Bluefish, Scup and Fluke


New Shark Regs
Take Effect Jan. 1


Big Game
Management Plan Announced


N.J. To Take Over
Brigantine's Northern
Beach-Buggy Access
And Charge a Fee


November

Is Your
N.J. Fishing License Suspended?
It Now Might Be Suspended
In Other States, Too


MAFMC To Meet
Dec. 11-14 at Annapolis


Landlocked Salmon and Trout Stocked

New Reef to Begin Being Built
In Delaware Bay


An Update from the
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas


Fluke, Porgy and Sea Bass
Panel Call and Webinar Nov. 20


Public Meeting
Will Discuss
Potential Removal of Dam
On Paulinskill River


Blueline Tilefish Regs Announced

Changes to Freshwater Fish Code
To Be Discussed at Meeting Nov. 14


2018 Fluke, Porgy and
Sea Bass Regs
To Be Recommended
At Meeting


Winter Trout Stocking
Set for Nov. 20-21


October

Blackfish
Regional Management Approved
;
Would Decrease N.J. Harvest


ASMFC Wraps Up
Annual Meeting


MAFMC Concludes
October Meeting


You're Invited:
Public Session on
Round Valley Refurbishment


N.J. Fish and Wildlife
Releases Annual Report


Fall Trout Stocking
Kicks Off


Report: Delaware River's
Shad Fishing Was the Best
Since 1995


Striper Bonus Tag
Deadline Oct. 31


N.J. Proposes to Limit
Native Brook Trout
To Catch-and-Release


Free Fishing Day Oct. 21

September

ASMFC Annual Meeting
Set for Oct. 16-19 in Norfolk


MAFMC to Meet Oct. 10-12
At Riverhead, N.Y.


Fall Trout Stocking
To Kick Off Oct. 10


Division of Fish and Wildlife
Is on Instagram


N.J. Marine Fisheries Council
To Meet
Sept. 7
About Fisheries Closures
Detrimental to Recreational
Fishing Businesses


Striper Bonus Program Is Open

August

MAFMC Concludes
August Meeting


Harmful Algae Blooms
Suspected at Several Lakes


10-Year-Old Wins
JCAA Fluke Tourney


Beat the Fall Rush:
Apply for Striper Bonus Tags


Avoid Pemberton Lake's
Water and Fish


Island Beach's
Beach-Buggy Closure Is Lifted --
The Piping Plover Chick Fledged


ASMFC Completes
Summer Meeting


July

Marine Digest Available

Win $50K
At JCAA Fluke Tourn Aug. 5


Avoid Contact with Amwell Lake's
Water and Fish


N.J. Division of Fish and Wildlife
Celebrates 125 Years


ASMFC Disagrees
With U.S. Commerce Secretary's
Decision About N.J. Fluke


U.S. Commerce Secretary
Rules that N.J. Fluke Regs
Are in Compliance


NOAA Opens Comment Period
To Reduce Burden of Fishing Regs


MAFMC To Meet
Aug. 8-10 in Philly


ASMFC Summer Meeting
Set for Aug. 1-3 in Alexandria


First Boat Is Sunk
On New Manasquan Inlet Reef


June

Gov. Christie:
Boat with Caution to Protect
Parts of Barnegat Bay


Marine Digest To Be
Available in July


The New Manasquan Inlet Reef
Begins Being Built


MAFMC Wraps Up June Meeting

Dams Are Removed,
And Shad Return to Musky River
,
After 300 Years


Island Beach to Be Partially Closed
For Piping Plover Nesting


Hackettstown Hatchery
2017 Brood Stock Report


Atlantic City Press:
N.J. Has Reasons
To Resist Federal Fluke Regs


Fish Freshwater
Free June 10 and Oct. 21


Reminder: Apply for Striper Bonus Tags

May

Spring Trout Stocking Ends,
But Great Trouting Continues


MAFMC to Meet
June 6-8. at Norfolk


Fed Names N.J.
Out of Compliance on Fluke


Fed at Meeting
Will Consider Naming
N.J. Out of Compliance on Fluke


New Jersey:
Fluke Season Will Begin
As Scheduled


Fed Rejects
N.J.'s Fluke Regs
 

Federal Gov't. to Consider
Whether to Approve
N.J.'s Fluke Regs
 

Jersey Decides Fluke Regs 

Regional Management
For Blackfish to Be
Discussed at State Meetings


16-Year-Old
Wins Governor's Surf Tourn
With 34-Inch Blue


Giant Hybrids Stocked
At Split Rock


N.J. Marine Fisheries Council
To Meet May 17 About
Fluke and Sea Bass


Sea Bass Limit
Cut to 5 in Nov.-Dec. 


Surplus Trout Stocked

ASMFC Concludes
Spring Meeting


Public Comment Invited:
Amendment Would Reduce
Blackfish Harvest


Striper Bonus Program
To Reopen Sept. 1


New Jersey Postpones
Meeting About Fluke Regs


Two New Reefs To Be Built
Off Manasquan Inlet and
In Delaware Bay


Governor's Surf Tourn May 21

April

You're Invited:
MAFMC and ASMFC
To Meet About Summer Flounder,
Scup and Sea Bass May 10 in Alexandria


Chub Mackerel Might Become Managed

Sea Bass Regs Set;
Fluke Regs in Limbo

Keep a Lookout for Bionic Trout

Proposed Regs Are Meant
To Protect Wild Brook Trout


Trout Season Opens

Spring Trout Stocking Schedule

N.J. Tries Allowing Fishing at Night
At Hopatcong State Park from Shore


March

New Jersey Appeals Fluke Cut
Because of 'Devastating Impact'


MAFMC to Meet
April 11-13 at Avalon


New Research Buoys
Track Sturgeon on Delaware Bay


Pequest Hatchery Open House
And Flea Market Postponed


Giant Bluefin Tuna Season
Is Closed South of GE Inlet


Summary of Bluefin Catches
For 2016


Sewage Leak Repaired
On Shark River


N.J. Fish and Wildlife
Invites Saltwater Anglers
To Report Catches


N.J. Fish and Wildlife
Marks 125th Anniversary


Little Egg Inlet's
Navigational Buoys
Obsolete and Discontinued


Update:
Inlet To Be Dredged

Gov. Christie Petitions
U.S. Commerce Secretary
To Halt Severe Fluke Quota


Too Little, Too Late?
Legislation Announced
To Prevent Tougher
Fluke Quota


ASMFC Releases
Annual Report


MAFMC Wraps Up
Meeting in Kitty Hawk


February

N.J. Marine Fisheries Council
Meeting Rescheduled


ASMFC and MAFMC:
Sea Bass Not Overfished


Public Meeting
About Trout Stocking
Feb. 25 at Pequest Hatcher


N.J. Skillful Angler Winners
Range from a 48-Pound Striper
To a 10-1/4-inch Sunny


ASMFC Considers
Liberalizing Striper Regs


It Also Considers
Liberalizing Commercial
Porgy Fishing


Three Years of Herring Research
Completed on Maurice River
And Rancocas Creek


New High School Category
Added to Governor's Surf Tourn


Freshwater Fisheries Forum
Feb. 18 at Batsto


ASMFC Votes for 3 Fluke,
19-Inch Bag Limit


N.J. Vows to Fight

Fluke Decision
Was Coming Feb. 2


JCAA: N.J. Will Not Comply
With Fed's Potential Fluke Regs


January

N.J. DEP Commissioner
Holds Press Conference
Opposing Fluke Cuts


Press Conference Live Feed

JCAA: Action Alert:
Fluke Press Conference


Fluke Rally Set for Jan. 27

N.J. Assembly
Unanimously Supports
Fluke Status Quo


MAFMC To Meet
Feb. 14-16 in Kitty Hawk


You're Invited:
Freshwater Fisheries Forum
Jan. 21 at Hackettstown


NMFS:
Recreational Fishery Survey
'Has Yielded Impressive Progress'


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For Governor's Surf Tourn


Striper Bonus Tags Have Expired

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