Staff report Albany – A statewide angler survey will provide data that will shape DEC’s fisheries management for the next 10 years, DEC Director of Fish, Wildlife & Marine Resources Gerald Barnhart says. The survey is being conducted, he added, largely because it’s simply time to gather that information. ‘We try to do one every […]
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Staff report Skaneateles, N.Y. – Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) has taken its second leap out of the Great Lakes system. The fish-killing disease found primarily within the Great Lakes waters has now been discovered in Skaneateles Lake, DEC officials announced last month. VHS was deemed responsible for a May fish kill of smallmouth bass and
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Aug. 5: Seneca Lake NWTF Chapter, Banquet, Seneca Lake Duck Hunters Club, Dresden. For more info call Dale Lane, 315-536-8506. Aug. 17: Salmon River Strutters NWTF Chapter, Banquet, Arenas Eis House, Mexico. For more info call Bill Wilbur, 315-963-3368. Aug. 18: Central Adirondacks Friends of the NRA Banquet, Morehouse Recreation Center, Hoffmeister, 6 p.m. For
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ALGOMA AREA The fish moved closer to shore last week, close enough for pier fishermen to score on salmon and trout with spoons off the Algoma piers. Trollers also found some fish in the shallower water, but most boats were were running 2 to 4 miles off shore, fishing mainly chinooks, with a few rainbows,
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By Tim Eisele Correspondent Oconomowoc, Wis. – The Natural Resources Board has adopted emergency regulations for the hook-and-line sturgeon season and has approved hearings on permanent rules regarding viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) virus and increasing the commercial catch of yellow perch in Green Bay. Sturgeon emergency rules An increase in angling pressure, especially from nonresident
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By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor Bemidji, Minn. – Following a precipitous drop last year, the breeding population of mallards in the state has rebounded to nearly a quarter-million birds. Likewise, the total number of ponds in the state increased from last year, though there were fewer temporary wetlands. On the other hand, the estimate of total
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Roanoke, Va. – America’s passion for wildlife and the outdoors continues to be a major engine of the nation’s economy, according to preliminary survey data released last month by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. But the preliminary data shows decreases in both angling and hunting participation from 1996 to 2006. In 2006, more than
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