The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has announced that the American River Salmon Festival has been canceled for 2010. Festival sponsors have canceled the event for the second year in a row. Reasons cited for the cancellation include … Continued
The Feather River Hatchery has kicked off the statewide effort to spawn returning fall Chinook salmon. Department of Fish and Game (DFG) hatchery workers took more than half a million eggs during the first week of spawning. Over the next … Continued
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has proposed that five populations of Atlantic sturgeon along the U.S. East Coast receive protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. The Gulf of Maine population is proposed for listing as threatened, and endangered status is proposed … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has formally dedicated the Gary A. Yoder Fish Management Area at the Carrie Dixon property in Allegany County. Located along Black Oak Road in Rawlings, MD, the site features a launching area for … Continued
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has announced $12.6 million in grants through the Protected Species Cooperative Conservation Grant Program to assist 19 states and territories with conservation projects designed to recover marine mammals, sea turtles, fish, coral and other species listed under … Continued