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… 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

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

… 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

… 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

… 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

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

… to the brink of extinction in the Hudson and the coastal Atlantic. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the state agencies that collectively manage Atlantic sturgeon have been … Read More

… menhaden as sustainably managed. Instead, we are pressing for a reduction in harvests, with better fisheries management that would examine and recognize their role in the entire food web – … Read More