Fishing News October 2007

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WEDNESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2007
	NH Fish & Wildlife Calendar 2008 Now Available
	The New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife Calendar for next year is now available. It features amazing photographs of wildlife of New Hampshire. Outdoor enthusiasts will also find it very handy because of the calendar’s season dates for different outdoor activities in the area such as fishing and hunting. The calendar also features wildlife images by distinguished photographers which include Ge Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2007
	IFA Redfish Tour Adds Gulf Coast to 2008 Schedule
	The IFA Redfish Tour announced that the Gulf Coast Division will be added on next year’s tournament schedule. The tournaments will take place at Panama City Beach on May 10, Pensacola on June 21, and Orange Beach on Sept. 13. Winners for each event will be receiving a Ranger Banshee with a 40-HP Yamaha 4-Stroke outboard, Powerpole Shallow water anchor, Minn Kota trolling motor and H Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2007
	New Policy Prohibits Commercial Fishing
	A new federal policy prohibits commercial fishing and would give recreational fishermen exclusive access to striped bass and red drum. The executive order was announced during Bush’s visit to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, Saturday. The sale of striped bass and red drum being caught in federal waters, from three to two-hundred miles off the coast, is a Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2007
	Texas Clipper Turns into an Artificial Reef
	The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department completed contractual negotiations for the Texas Clipper as part of the department’s Ships-to-Reefs program and become an artificial reef once it is placed 17 nautical miles off the southern coast of Texas. It will take four to six months to prepare the ship for reefing. In securing the Texas Clipper, Texas’s Artificial Reef Program worked for mor Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2007
	Government Turns Down Request to Help NE Fishermen
	The federal government turned down Monday the request of Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island to declare New England groundfish fishery a disaster. According to National Marine Fisheries Service officials, the New England's groundfish stocks were improving, and the overall fishing revenues went up in spite of groundfish revenues were falling. Groundfish industry, which includes specie Read Full Story