According to the study, if striped bass were made a game fish and the commercial allocation was shifted to the recreational sector, New York would gain an extra $85 million and 277 jobs. The executive order protects stripers from commercial interests in federal waters. The presidential order specifically encourages states to enact the same designation in state-regulated waters within three miles of shore. October 28, 2007 -- RECREATIONAL anglers up and down the East Coast ap plauded...

In other words, shrimp won't "put on their traveling shoes," which is the term some locals use to describe how shrimp's feet redden when exposed to fresh water. The area's $11 million shrimping industry already shrunk to about half its size five years ago because of worsening environmental conditions and increased international competition, said Sonny Wiles Sr. Johns River would have a minor impact on fish and wildlife in the river's lower basin, a study commissioned by the district found....

As the volume of shrimp imports has skyrocketed, domestic shrimpers haven't been able to effectively compete with the cheaper, often farm-raised shrimp from other countries. While many fishermen had other sources of income, including pensions and other types of work, two-thirds of those interviewed considered themselves full-time fishermen. Twenty-three percent of the fishermen reported that they were either just breaking even or were losing money fishing. The survey found that only 42...

Inadequate market competition is one of the greatest challenges facing independent livestock producers and a major reason why so many family farmers and ranchers have been forced out of business Buis said. Proponents of interstate shipping of state-inspected meat are firing up the debate in Washington ahead of the Senate mark up of the farm bill. NFU has a long-standing policy supporting the elimination of the interstate ban and believes the legislation will increase competition and...

Find www.app.com stories from the past week as well as calendar events, classifieds, advertisements, Yellow Page listings, local Web sites and more all in one search. Post Comment Chain netting draped across sea scallop dredges will be the government's preferred precaution for reducing accidental captures of sea turtles, with a decision this week to abandon seasonal closures that had been used to protect turtles on scallop grounds off New Jersey. APP.com - New scallop-fishing regulations...

The history of the store on Rocksprings Road began in 1890 when the store was in a community called Snatchburg about three miles from its current location. The Steils are hoping to have just such a gathering and have furnished one corner in the front of the store with a table and chairs and designated it the tall tales section. Norris is Norris Haden, who owned and operated the store as first a grocery store and then a gunsmith shop and always a community gathering place from 1947 until...

Web posted Sunday, October 28, 2007 NOAA, observers differ on success of fisheries program Observers say pressure is on them to recount bycatch, but say attacks are not increasing as a recent report has suggested By Margaret Bauman Alaska Journal of Commerce. Web posted Sunday, October 28, 2007 NOAA, observers differ on success of fisheries program Observers say pressure is on them to recount bycatch, but say attacks are not increasing as a recent report has suggested By Margaret Bauman...

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Francis Kayanja, chief clinical officer at Katwe's health center, estimates that at least 10 percent of patients who come there are ill from working in Katwe's waters. He keeps at it even though the lake's highly concentrated, corrosive salt water has eaten away at his skin, leaving scars and open sores. The women also suffer lesions, and coat themselves in cassava paste, believing -- not on the basis of any medical evidence -- that the water causes infertility. In an average week, each...