NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Oct. 31 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has found the Commonwealth of Virginia out of compliance with a mandatory management measure contained in Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The Commission will notify the Secretary of Commerce of its finding. This action was taken pursuant to the provisions of the Atlantic Coastal Fishe  more

NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Oct. 29 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Commission's Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved the harvest specifications for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay origin. Under the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, the Board set a harvest limit of 500,000 Delaware Bay male horseshoe crabs and zero female horseshoe crabs for the 2020 season. Based on the allocation mechanism established in Addendum VII, th  more

NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Oct. 29 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Commission's Atlantic Herring Management Board initiated an addendum to Amendment 3 of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring to consider new approaches for managing the Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) sub-annual catch limit (ACL) under low quota scenarios. This action responds to the challenges encountered in managing the reduced sub-ACL based on the  more

NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Oct. 31 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Commission's Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board approved Addendum VI to Amendment 6 of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. The Addendum reduces all state commercial quotas by 18%, and implements a 1 fish bag limit and a 28"-35" recreational slot limit for ocean fisheries and a 1 fish bag limit and an 18" minimum size limit for Chesapeake   more

NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Oct. 31 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission presented Thomas P. Fote, New Jersey's Governor Appointee to the Commission, the Captain David H. Hart Award, its highest annual award, at the Commission's 78th Annual Meeting in New Castle. Mr. Fote has admirably served the State of New Jersey and the Commission since 1991 when he replaced Captain David Hart as New Jersey's Gov  more

NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Nov. 1 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Overfishing is not Occurring * * * The 2019 Weakfish Assessment Update indicates weakfish continues to be depleted and has been since 2003. Under the reference points, the stock is considered depleted when the stock is below a spawning stock biomass (SSB) threshold of 30% (13.6 million pounds). In 2017, SSB was 4.24 million pounds. While the assessment indicates som  more

NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Oct. 31 -- The Center for Sportfishing Policy (formerly the Center for Coastal Conservation) issued the following news release: * * * - Commissioners approve 18% reduction in total removals by the commercial and recreational sectors from North Carolina to Maine * * * On October 30, members of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Striped Bass Management Board voted 11 - 4 for Addendum VI Option 2 to require an 18% reduction in striped bass removal  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * - The largest floodplain forest restoration project in Granite State history is now complete along the Connecticut River in Colebrook. * * * The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire (TNC NH) and the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) recently completed the largest floodplain forest restoration project in the state's history. More than 3,000 trees were planted on fourteen acres in the floodplain along the  more

MANHATTAN, New York, Oct. 28 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: On Wednesday, lawmakers on New Hampshire's Criminal Judiciary Committee will have an opportunity to advance Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) legislation, after the legislation was deferred to a summer work session for further discussion. Volunteers with the New Hampshire Moms Demand Action will be at the statehouse on Wednesday for the committee vot  more

NEW CASTLE, New Hampshire, Oct. 29 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: Today, member states of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) thanked James Gilmore of New York for an effective two-year term as Chair and elected Commissioner Patrick C. Keliher of Maine to succeed him. "It is both a great honor and huge responsibility to be trusted to lead the Commission for the next two years. I am humbled by my fellow Commissioner  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 31 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * - PETA Is Pushing All Candidates to Do Something Tangible to Stop the Meat and Dairy Industries From Destroying the Planet * * * On Friday, PETA's "climate change cow" will moove the group's campaign to combat climate change to the Liberty & Justice Celebration--the largest Iowa caucus event of 2019--in Des Moines, where she'll urge candidates to take action to combat animal agri  more