It's National Fishing and Boating Week! Check out this leadership message from Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries Chris Oliver and learn how we support recreational fishing opportunities across the country.
Research group shows that kelp rockfish born in marine protected areas around the Monterey Peninsula in central California recruit to areas outside of protected areas, including conservation areas where some recreational fishing is allowed, and non-protected areas where commercial and recreational harvest is allowed.
NOAA Fisheries has determined that Idaho’s Fishery Management and Evaluation Plan for their recreational steelhead fishery provides necessary protections for salmon and steelhead listed under the ESA.
Last year’s closure of the commercial ocean salmon troll fishery off the West Coast is estimated to have cost $5.8 million to $8.9 million in lost income for fishermen.
“I’m going to try and to enlist you to be a soldier again, protecting our environment,” Brown told the vets. “When you think about the environment, it needs protecting just like our country does.”
