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Draft plan could tighten striped bass regulations

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On Aug. 6, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board met to finalize the latest draft of Addendum III to Amendment 7 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass, which is intended to rebuild the currently over-fished striped bass spawning stock by the close of 2029, as required by the ASMFC’s management plan.
The draft will soon be released for public comment.

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Legislative inaction leaves crab fishery unprotected in New York

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An ongoing dispute with the New York legislature over the commercial horseshoe crab fishery has resulted in the Department of Environmental Conservation losing its authority to manage not only horseshoe crabs, but most crab species occurring in the state.

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Court denies Unkechaug Indian Nation fishing rights for “glass” eels in New York

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On Jan. 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the “Andros Order,” a 1676 agreement between Edmund Andros, then the Royal Governor of New York, and the Unkechaug Indian Nation, did not entitle the Unkechaug to harvest the immature American eels known as “glass eels,” which are protected by state Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.

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ASMFC looking ahead following December striped bass meeting

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As coverage in the Jan. 10 edition of New York Outdoor News reported, The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board met on Dec. 16 to decide whether to reduce 2025 striped bass landings and provide additional protection for the 2018 striped bass year class, the last strong year class produced by the striped bass stock.
After more than three hours of discussions, it decided to leave 2025 management measures unchanged, and to instead initiate a new addendum to the ASMFC’s striped bass management plan, which might include new restrictions for the 2026 season.

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Lawsuit against New York DEC, Delaware, and New Jersey targets Atlantic sturgeon commercial bycatch

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Four affiliated parties, including Riverkeeper, Inc. and Tracy Brown, the Hudson Riverkeeper, on Oct. 24 sued the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, alleging that the DEC has failed to comply with the provisions of the federal Endangered Species Act with respect to Atlantic sturgeon.
The plaintiffs have brought similar actions against the states of New Jersey and Delaware.

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Hudson River researchers in New York boat rare Atlantic sturgeon

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In June, biologists and volunteers working for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson River Estuary Program caught a female Atlantic sturgeon, estimated to weigh about 220 pounds, in the Hudson River near the Town of Hyde Park.
Fish of that size are not unusual, and the DEC has captured even larger sturgeon this year. However, the fact that the fish was a mature female made it a notable catch that grabbed national headlines.

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Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary designated

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On June 6, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries released the final regulations needed to create a new Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary, which will encompass all of the United States’ portion of Lake Ontario east of the border separating Wayne and Monroe counties.
Once the new sanctuary is formally designated later this year, it will become the nation’s sixteenth national marine sanctuary, and the third such sanctuary established within the Great Lakes.

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New York’s 2024 saltwater fishing outlook

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Boats still rest on the shore in their shrink-wrapped cocoons. The tackle shops are quiet, and the gas docks are closed. Nevertheless, along New York’s coast, the fishing season will soon begin.
Each year is different, as fish stocks wax and wane, and new regulations go into effect. What can New York’s saltwater anglers expect in 2024?

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Lawsuit terminology for the average gun owner

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In recent years, state legislatures have passed laws, like New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act, that place increasing restrictions on the purchase, possession, and use of firearms. Many such restrictions appear to violate the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which guarantees that individual citizens’ “right to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Both individuals and organizations have brought lawsuits challenging such laws, but when hunters and shooters try to follow those cases as they move through the courts, they often confront technical and sometimes confusing language that leaves them unsure of what is going on.

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