News, articles, photos, and other information about commercial fishing in North America.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recently announced a new, mandatory education and certification program for everyone who commercially harvests and lands shellfish in Rhode Island. Certification may be obtained by completing a 30-minute online tutorial, available on … Continued
The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources voted recently to open the State’s oyster season beginning Monday, Oct. 3. The reefs in the western portion of the Mississippi Sound will be open to tonging and dredging. The daily sack limit is … Continued
On September 1, 2016, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission set the 2016/2017 oyster seasons based on the annual oyster stock assessment provided by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) biologists and comments received from members of the public, … Continued
The commercial bag limit for oysters in Apalachicola Bay will be lowered to three bags per harvester during the winter season, Sept. 1 through May 31, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Several other oyster conservation measures implemented … Continued
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) voted in August to gradually reduce the number of licenses in the public oyster fishery over the next few years. To achieve a reduction in active oyster licenses, VMRC will prohibit new entrants, implement … Continued