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DURHAM, N.H. — To help address northern shrimp harvester and processor concerns about their ability to maintain markets that have been established over the past few seasons, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section has revised the total allowable catch (TAC) for the 2012 northern shrimp fishery to 2,211 metric tons, an increase […]

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wants to alert all hunters to important updates to the 2012 preseason calendar especially new deadline and drawing dates. The biggest change this year is the deadline for residents and nonresidents to apply for deer and elk permits – now March 15. This date was moved up to allow hunters

Education – Region 3: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will offer a free hunter education class for those who need to complete a course prior to applying for special deer and elk permits by the new March 15 application deadline. The class will meet at Montana Wild, 2668 Broadwater Ave., adjacent to Spring Meadow Lake

JEFFERSON CITY-Bowhunters posted increases in both deer and turkey harvests during Missouri’s 2011-12 archery deer and turkey hunting seasons, topping the previous year’s figures by more than one-third. Hunters checked 52,671 deer during the four-month archery season. That is an increase of 10,299 (24 percent) from the previous year. Archers checked 2,923 turkeys, an increase

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources Board named Col. Alvin Taylor as permanent director of the agency during the regular Board meeting on Jan. 26 in Columbia. Taylor replaces John Frampton, who is retiring in March. Taylor of Yonges Island in Charleston County, replaced Col. J. Alvin Wright as deputy director of the S.C. Department