Archive for April 7th, 2010

Turkey Hunters Never Too Old For Education

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Posted in Turkey Hunting News | No Comments »

As a rule, people develop better judgment as they mature. Education can speed up this process, however. In fact, 2009 turkey-hunting incident statistics provide strong evidence that education has helped young hunters surpass their elders’ judgment. The low point for turkey-hunting safety in Missouri was 1986, two years before hunter education became mandatory. That year, 31 people suffered gunshot wounds in spring turkey hunting incidents. Two of them died. From 1985 through 1988, Missouri averaged 23 spring turkey-hunting incidents per year. Since then, however, the number of firearms-related spring turkey hunting incidents has decreased dramatically. In the past five years, the average has been 4.8 incidents per season. Missouri’s safest spring turkey-hunting season was 2007, when only two incidents – neither fatal – marred the spring hunt. The shooter in one ... Read more..

Rule Proposal for Atlantic Coastal Sharks

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News | No Comments »

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:25-18 (Marine Fisheries) related to fisheries for Atlantic coastal sharks and smooth dogfish. The proposed amendments are necessary to comply with management measures mandated under the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks, which inlcudes smooth dogfish. States included within the area covered by the ASMFC Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks are required to have recreational and commercial fisheries management measures, which are consistent with the plan. If the state does not maintain consistency, a Federally mandated moratorium may be imposed on the state's recreational and commercial shark fisheries. Read more..

USS Arthur W. Radford To Join Del-Jersey-Land Reef

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Posted in Environmental News | No Comments »

It’s Ship sinking ahoy! for Delaware’s artificial reef program after DNREC Secretary Collin P. O’Mara signed a transfer agreement accepting title to the retired destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford — which will become the longest vessel ever reefed in the Atlantic Ocean when sunk later this year. The 563-foot-long Radford is tentatively scheduled to go down in August onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef site, located 26 miles southeast of the Indian River Inlet. The reef’s name comes from the three states—Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland—partnering with the U.S. Navy to enhance fisheries habitat and recreational diving opportunities by putting the Radford on the ocean floor. The Navy also is sharing cost of reefing preparations, including transport of the ex-warship to its resting place in Delaware waters. Read more..

Kids Fish-In Events Kick Off This Saturday

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Posted in Outdoor Events | No Comments »

Five dollars doesn’t buy much these days, but at 12 Washington ponds and lakes this spring it will purchase an introduction to what may become a lifetime love affair with sport fishing. Kids’ Fish-In events begin Saturday, April 10 at Klineline Pond in Vancouver, WA and will continue throughout the state through June 12. The events are open to youth 5 years to 14 years of age. Registration is required, and events fill up quickly, so it’s important to register as early as possible. For $5, kids get their own rod and reel, about an hour of fishing, a tee-shirt, hopefully a fish or two and, perhaps best of all, someone willing to clean the fish for them. Because these events are for youth 14 and under, participants do ... Read more..

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