Current regulations prohibit commercial and recreational fishing for both species in federal waters, but as stocks have grown healthier under fishing restrictions, some managers and scientists have recommended lifting the ban. Michaels, Maryland on Saturday, Bush encouraged states to designate striped bass and red drum gamefish, a legal designation that prohibits commercial catches and reserves the fish for sportfishermen. The order also directs the Departments of Commerce and Interior to...

The fate of Ashlands last great commercial shipping structure is almost sealed. We think theres a middle grounda fishing pier and park idea. Its going to be more cost effective for CNa less expensive proposal than complete removal of the dock. Lemke says the city would mostly likely remove the superstructure of the ore dock and repair the concrete base for recreational use. The city doesnt have the funds to maintain or fix up the ore dock. Minnesota and Wisconsins source for the latest...

Subscribe . Today's Paper & More. Loomis, godfather of the high-tech, graphite fishing rod industry, is the organizer and head cheerleader behind the appearance in the Pacific Northwest of the Coastal Conservation Association, a 30-year-old Texas-based organization founded to help curb the commercial fishing that nearly destroyed redfish and speckled trout sport fisheries off Texas. Loomis, godfather of the high-tech, graphite fishing rod industry, is the organizer and head cheerleader...

The 82-year-old wooden dragger was still at its moorings around 9:30 pm Wednesday night but when assistant harbormaster Duane Steele made his rounds at 11:30, the boat had sunk. At that meeting Vincente said the boat was not a hazard and he was attempting to sell it, along with his commercial fishing permits. The dragger had been confined to the pier early this year after the local Coast Guard boarded the 60-foot boat and found Vincente did not have the required cold weather safety gear....

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Minister of Industry and Primary Resources expressed the Sultanate's support for the second phase of the Regional Framework for the control and eradication of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Asean with the endorsement of the Asean Regional Strategy for the Progressive Control and Eradication of HPAI for 2008-2010. Bandar Seri Begawan - The Minister of Industry and Primary Resources expressed the Sultanate's support for the second phase of the Regional...