National Fishing

A 2009 Department of Fish and Game (DFG) waterfowl survey indicates that the number of mallards statewide remains steady, but the overall duck population has declined. Conducted by DFG in late April and early May,

Knoxville, Tenn. (AP) – Federal wildlife officials say a bald eagle, found dead at Norris Lake in February, died of lead poisoning. A release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Knoxville on

Test results have detected the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) agent in a total of seven white-tailed deer sampled during the 2009 spring collections in Hampshire County, according to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Austin, Texas – Nearly half of the sites in the Texas State Parks system will conduct public hunts during the 2009-2010 hunting season. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved scheduled hunts on 44 state

The recreational red snapper harvest season in all Gulf of Mexico waters off Florida reopens on June 1. Anglers may take two red snapper daily from Gulf waters during the open season; however, the captain

Pratt – The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) reports that there were 16 hunting accidents in 2008, with three fatalities, two of which were not actually legal hunting incidents. This is a decrease

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) – About 100 white bass hitched a short ride recently between two small Ramsey County lakes, but the fish relocation was a bigger step in relations between the Minnesota Department of

Madison, Wis. (AP) – Background-check fees on handgun purchases would increase less than Gov. Jim Doyle wanted, under a proposal approved by the Legislature’s budget committee. The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 Tuesday to increase

Bay City, Mich. (AP) – Michigan officials want federal permission to kill more cormorants to help reduce the shorebirds’ impact on human fishing in the Great Lakes. Russ Mason is wildlife chief for the state