Today, March 7th, 2024, science lost another fisheries fight in Louisiana. The new Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Commission voted 5-1-0 in favor of amending the new NOI for Redfish regulations from a 3-fish creel limit to a 4-fish creel limit. You may ask yourself: Didn’t we win this battle already?
Progress for a globally-renowned fishery is under attack once again. After a lengthy stretch of community engagement, heated meetings and backdoor antics, it appeared that the latest Louisiana redfish NOI was only days away from becoming regulations. Now this same NOI, seen by many as a comprise between opposing agendas,
Feature Photo Credit: Nick Jones All fishermen are optimists, even if we refuse to admit it. After all, fishing is nothing more than a “perpetual series of occasions of hope.” It’s the reason we cast again after our last didn’t produce and why we return to that spot after confirming
Feature Photo: Josh Mercadal We heard much in the opposition’s testimony about the unknown economic impacts for changing regulations. We connected with Ben Meadows from Dorsal Outdoors to get a true analysis of the tourism revenue being hemorrhaged through a declining redfish stock in Louisiana. There have been constant attempts to
Cover Photo Courtesy of Skiff Supply Shop In the face of historically insurmountable adversity, there is still a chance that conservation can win in Louisiana. These odds are directly due to the unification of a powerful community voice. We can’t quiet down now. On Tuesday, the Joint Oversight Committee deemed
After 35 years of stagnant regulations culminating in one compelling 7+ hour Commission meeting, we finally see a significant, proactive regulatory change for redfish in Louisiana. Header Photo Credit: Mad River Outfitters | Devin Fogle For anyone who hasn’t heard the incredible news yet, we won on historic turf. New
Louisiana fishing guide community partners with ASGA to conduct an economic impact survey to assess the value of redfish-driven tourism for the state. Everyone knows that redfish are synonymous with Louisiana. When anglers think of the species, they almost always think of the idyllic angling environments in the “Sportsman’s Paradise”. Many of
Community research aims to answer a question vital to fisheries management in Louisiana: How much are redfish worth to the state? Title Photo Credit: Hayden Dobbins, “Hooked On: Redfish” Film. ASGA Louisiana Red Drum Angler Expenditure Survey: Summary of Results Introduction To quantify angler expenditures associated with Louisiana’s for-hire light-tackle
Feature Photo: Rex Messing Monday, August 7, 2023 This afternoon the ASGA team was briefed by NOAA officials that the Fisheries Effort Survey has been overestimating recreational fishing effort. Our current understanding is that this overestimation is around 30-40%, as was discovered in a recent pilot study to evaluate potential
Yeah, we are busy. It is times like this that you are grateful for the team you get to work with. ASGA is firing on all cylinders. This blog began as an afterthought. We were going over timelines on various efforts and two questions arose. First, how the heck are we going to
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