Fishing

Hunters harvested more than 400 bears during the 2011-12 season. The harvest totals were presented to commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission during its monthly meeting last week. Bear Program Coordinator Myron Means

The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center has temporarily closed the Center’s Exhibit Hall for renovation and the installation of new exhibits. Educational programming

PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management announces that the Conimicut Triangle and Area A of Upper Narragansett Bay will be closed to shellfishing beginning at noon today. The closure is being enacted because a

ATHENS—Toledo Bend, the sprawling reservoir on the border between Texas and Louisiana, produced the sixth Toyota ShareLunker of the current season Saturday, a 14.20-pound largemouth bass that is the largest entered so far this season.

ALPINE — The Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) of Sul Ross State University and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will host a March 6 seminar to discuss current findings of the Pronghorn Restoration and Research

ATHENS – Private bass pond managers will get a behind-the scenes look at how Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) inland fisheries biologists monitor fish populations and care for trophy bass at a statewide symposium

OLYMPIA – Deer and elk hunters have until March 31 to enter their name in a drawing for a 2012 multiple-season permit, which can greatly increase their opportunities for success in the field. In mid-April,

OLYMPIA – Fishing opportunities look promising for chinook in Washington’s ocean waters and the Columbia River, as well as for coho in coastal bays and rivers, according to preseason salmon forecasts released today at a

OLYMPIA – Fishery managers are planning a series of morning razor-clam digs in March and April on Washington’s ocean beaches so long as marine toxin tests show the clams are safe to eat. As usual,