Regional Updates

Menhaden, also known as bunkers or pogies, are a key food source for sportfish species like striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, king mackerel and cobia.

An extensive coral disease outbreak began affecting the area in 2014 and continues to spread more rapidly northward from Miami-Dade County, but has also moved southward into the southern Florida Keys and Mexico.

The Florida Everglades are not only an environmental wonder but also provide essential “plumbing” to move water south in the state, recharging the Biscayne Aquifer and ultimately supplying necessary freshwater to Florida Bay.

Large mesh drift gillnets — which are a mile long, nearly invisible and set out overnight near the ocean’s surface to capture swordfish — are responsible for entangling, injuring and killing a wide range of marine life.

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) present one of the biggest threats and challenges to sportfishing today as their continued spread has a multitude of negative impacts on fisheries, ecosystems, and local economies.

If developed, Pebble Mine would devastate Bristol Bay's recreational, subsistence and commercial fishing industries, which are collectively worth hundreds of billions of dollars each year.

Striped bass are one of the most important fisheries on the Atlantic coast. In fact, striped bass are the most caught saltwater fish in terms of pounds by recreational anglers.