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NY: Group demands tougher blackfish enforcement

West Babylon, N.Y. – A conservation group says fisheries managers need to put a halt to the illegal harvest of tautog (blackfish) and adopt harvest limits that will allow blackfish numbers to rebound. Coastal Conservation

NY: Cuffs and Collars Issue: 5

Northern District Highlights City of Oswego charged (Oswego County) In July 2010 a group of fishermen contacted the Syracuse regional office to report the presence of what looked like toilet paper and other septic material

NY: DEC plans to loosen baitfish limitations Issue: 5

Western N.Y. may get transportation corridor for baitfish Albany – DEC is planning to soften its baitfish transport regulations on the heels of strong criticism from western New York anglers as well as bait dealers

NY: Calendar of Events Issue: 5

Season Dates March 15: Northern pike, walleye, pickerel and tiger muskellunge season closes March 15: Beaver trapping season closes (portions of western New York) March 16: Striped bass season opens (Hudson River, north of George

NY: Gun registry proposal draws some concern

Albany – Gun owners in New York are used to seeing a laundry list of legislative proposals early each year that would place more restrictions and perhaps even prohibit their ownership of some firearms. Most

NY: Senate confirms Martens as DEC commissioner

Albany (AP) – The Republican-controlled state Senate has unanimously confirmed open-space advocate Joe Martens as the new commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Martens, former head of the Open Space Institute, had been working

Striking up the turkey-hunting season

This is typically the time of year when I really start thinking about spring gobbler hunting. True, anyone who knows me even a little would say it’s always on my mind, but when the days

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