Archive for February 4th, 2010

New Jersey Proposal to Reinstate Black Bear Hunt

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 Posted in Hunting News | No Comments »

The New Jersey Fish and Game Council (FGC) is putting the finishing touches on a new bear management policy that would include black bear hunting. The new management plan is to be heard at the February 9 meeting of the FGC being held at the Central Region Office in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area in Robbinsville. According to one of its main authors, Council Member Len Wolgast, the plan would allow for a bear hunt to take place this fall. If passed, the plan must then go to the acting Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for final approval. Read more..

Public Hearing February 17 on Lobster Helper Rules

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News | No Comments »

A public hearing to discuss proposed rules that would affect who a person licensed to take lobsters may use as helpers on a lobster vessel, will be held on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at the Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road in Portsmouth, N.H. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is proposing to readopt with amendment Fis 602.17 relative to helpers for commercially taking lobsters. The proposed rule will allow more opportunity for a person currently holding a commercial or limited lobster license to be used as a helper on lobster vessel. The proposed rule would not apply to persons on vessels permitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service to take American lobster. Read more..

Nonnative Pet Amnesty Day is Feb. 6 at Miami MetroZoo

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 Posted in Assorted Outdoors | No Comments »

If you have an exotic pet you can’t care for anymore, please don’t just open the front door and set it free. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) offers a solution for you. In an effort to keep unwanted exotic pets out of Florida’s native ecosystems, the FWC and Miami MetroZoo will host the third Nonnative Pet Amnesty Day Feb. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the zoo. It’s free and open to the public. You can surrender nonnative animals to the FWC free of charge with no questions asked and no penalties incurred. Staff will accept exotic reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and invertebrates, but not domestic pets (dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets, etc.). Read more..

2009 Was a Banner Year for Big Fish in Michigan

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News, Fishing Reports | No Comments »

Five new state record fish - highlighted by a world record brown trout - were among 1,433 fish entered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment’s Master Angler Program in 2009. State records were also broken for pumpkinseed, redear sunfish (twice) and Great Lakes muskellunge. A 41.45-pound brown trout, caught by Thomas Healy of Rockford on the Manistee River on Sept. 9, has been certified as a world record by the International Game Fish Association. Overall anglers entered 503 fish in the catch-and-keep category and 930 fish in the catch-and-release category, up from 430 and 871, respectively, in 2008. Read more..

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