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Above: Through collecting location-specific length and age information for recreationally caught cod, for-hire captains participating in the RecBio pilot study can help fisheries scientists better assess the status of cod within recently redefined stock units (Photo courtesy of Capt. Andy Dangelo) Recently, there have been some important and exciting new developments toward improving the management

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has asked coastal states for their thoughts on what scup and summer flounder (fluke) management measures they would propose for 2024 to meet mandated …

Rhode Island Fisherman’s Advisory Board (FAB) resigned en masse in response to the Rhode Island CRMC giving deference to offshore wind developers regardless of the requirements of the Ocean SAMP, the cost to the environment, or the impacts to Rhode Island’s fishing industry. The full letter can be viewed below and downloaded from the document links on this page. 

A plan backed by the Biden administration to OK a string of wind farms off Rhode Island has prompted every member of a fishing regulatory board in the state to resign.

Every member of Rhode Island's Fishermen's Advisory Board resigned saying the state government is ignoring offshore wind's impacts on fisheries.