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Riverkeeper urges Fisheries Service to expand ‘critical habitat’ for Atlantic sturgeon

… – and we have a new and important opportunity to protect them. In 2012, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) listed several distinct population segments of Atlantic sturgeon as … Read More

Fisheries Service agrees to re-examine Tappan Zee Bridge project as reports of dead sturgeon continue to mount

… seeks enforcement of the speed limit and other protective measures that are best determined by fisheries experts but that could include propeller cages or jet-powered boats to reduce the risk to … Read More

Fetching Data With DEC Fisheries

We were out this morning helping the DEC fisheries team retrieve data from their hydrophone buoy just south of Hastings. The hydrophone … Read More

Post-Irene with the DEC Fisheries Team

… a CBS film crew aboard to discuss post-Hurricane Irene river conditions.  By sheer luck, the DEC fisheries team happened to be out doing beach seins for young-of-year fish as part of a long-term … Read More

DEC Fisheries End-of-Season Work

… done for the people lucky enough to call the river their workplace. For the members of the NYS DEC Fisheries Unit that work includes retrieving the equipment they have deployed in the Hudson as part … Read More

Incidental Capture of Shad and River Herring threatens East Coast Fisheries

… herring populations also are in long term decline. Bycatch of shad and river herring in ocean fisheries is thought to be a major factor in the continuing decline of these populations. Bycatch … Read More

Working with DEC Fisheries Scientists

… NYS DEC Patrol from Hudson to Waterford with Alex Matthiessen aboard and Andy Kahnle from NYS DEC Fisheries. Andy has been studying Hudson River fish and underwater habitat for decades. The more … Read More

DEC Fisheries onboard to retrieve Sturgeon tracking equipment

DEC Fisheries staff with their sturgeon tracking hydrphone on deck. Nyack to Hastings. Assist staff … Read More

Riverkeeper Applauds New York State’s Environmental Commitment in 2025 Budget

… various environmental programs, encompassing water quality monitoring, habitat restoration, fisheries research, and pollution prevention efforts. Restoration of $7.5 Million for the Hudson … Read More

Why recreational anglers may see plenty of striped bass stock when fishery managers say the population is declining

… spawning stock biomass, and reproductive potential over a broad geographic range. Managing fisheries is more complex than managing terrestrial species simply because fish flourish in a murky … Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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