Marylander's Grow Oysters - Govenor's Pilot Program Kicks Off on the
Tred Avon River |
If you live along the Tred Avon River, you can be part of an exciting pilot project to grow oysters at your pier and to help create a living, diverse, oyster reef community. Not only will more oysters be placed in the Chesapeake Bay as a result of your efforts, but the rejunentated oyster reef will become a natural underwater ecosystem for all sorts of aquatic life.
The goal is to place 1,000 oyster cages at piers by the end of October, with four cages per pier. There is no charge for those who participate in this 2008 pilot project, but there are rewards both personal and ecological.
The Marylanders Grow Oysters Project was established by Governor Martin O’Malley, and is being managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in conjunction with Talbot County, the Oyster Recovery Partnership, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the Maryland Department of Corrections.
To read more about the Marylanders Grow Oysters Project or to sign up for some oysters, go to www.dnr.maryland.gov/oysterproject/.
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DNR to Begin Stocking Trout in October for Fall Fishing Season |
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will stock approximately 19,000 trout into freshwaters across the state during October 2008. A small number of these will be brown trout averaging 3 to 5 pounds each.
Although stocking dates and locations are dependent on water flow and temperature, crews generally find conditions are right in many areas beginning the second week of October and stocking is usually complete by the end of the month. In most years, cool water allowed trout stocking in Delayed Harvest Trout Fishing Areas and locations such as the North Branch Potomac, Bear Creek, Town Creek, Blairs Valley Lake, Antietam Creek, Beaver Creek, Cunningham Falls, Rainbow Lake, Greenbrier Lake, Morgan Run, Patapsco River, Gunpowder Falls, Great Seneca, Wheatley Lake, Lake Artemesia, Greenbelt Lake, Big Elk, Deer Creek and Tuckahoe. We expect to stock these areas and numerous others as conditions allow.
DNR’s trout stocking information telephone line, 1-800-688-3467, will be updated weekly beginning Oct. 1 so that anglers may find out if their favorite area has been stocked. After daily stocking is completed, a list of stocked areas will be posted here online.
 An Early Bird Special! The fisheries Service was able to get some trout out to the streams ahead of schedule, check out stocked locations on our Inland Fisheries page at www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/recreational/indexinland.html.
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Maryland Fisheries Service Launches New Yellow Perch Management Web
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Be sure to check our new Yellow Perch Management web site - it will contain everything 'Yellow Perch'!
The new web page can be view by clicking here.
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Emergency Blue Crab Regulations Adopted By AELR Committee |
The proposed emergency blue crab regulations were adopted May 22 by the Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review Committee (AELR) and will be effective June 1st. The new regulations do not apply to the ocean and coastal bays.
To View a summary of the adopted regulatory proposals click here.
To View a summary of 2008 recreational bay crabbing regulations click here.
To read how the female crab bushel limits for commercial crabbers was calculated click here.
If you're interested in the background for the emergency regulation click here.
Click here to read additional information regarding adoption of the emergency regulations.
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Get Involved With Striped Bass Management! |
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The Cooperative Angler Striped Bass Survey is designed to obtain striped bass harvest data that is not otherwise available to MD DNR. The focus of the survey is to gather size data on harvested and released striped bass. These data are used by managers to  determine the size structure of the recreational catch and to estimate the harvest in the spring striped bass season. This information is used to establish future creel and harvest limits that allow for optimum harvests while still protecting the resource.
Anglers are encouraged to participate year-round, on-line or by mail. Follow this link for more information on this important survey.
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Get Involved with Maryland Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Summer
Flounder Management! |
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The Maryland Volunteer Angler Summer Flounder Survey (MVASFS) is designed to obtain recreational harvest and release data that are not otherwise available to the MD DNR.  Simply by submitting your fishing trip information when targeting summer flounder, you can become an active participant in summer flounder management. These data are used to perform minimum size analysis, as a comparison to the federal harvest data, and much more! To learn more or to become involved with the Maryland Volunteer Angler Summer Flounder Survey, contact Allison Luettel at 410-260-8343 or via email at aluettel@dnr.state.md.us.
Participate with the survey online at: www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/survey/sfsurveyintro.html
As of April 1, the 2008 regulations are 3 fish at 17.5" for the Atlantic Ocean and coastal bays and 1 fish at 16.5" in the Chesapeake Bay and it's tidal tributaries.
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DNR's Volunteer Recreational Blue Crab Survey |
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Become a part of the Blue Crab Management process, participate in Maryland's Volunteer Recreational Blue Crab Survey!  Starting with the 2008 recreational crabbing season, DNR is looking for your input by letting us know a few specifics of your time crabbing. This data will surely prove valuable to fisheries managers when drafting future decisions regarding the blue crab fishery.
To register or to learn more about this survey go to dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/fish/bluecrab/default.asp. Thank you to all who participate, DNR appreciates your effort with the surveys!
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The Maryland 2008 Fishing Guide Available Online |
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 Now available online, the 2008 Fishing Guide. The guide traditionally accompanies the purchase of your fishing license and covers Freshwater, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal and Atlantic Ocean recreational fishing regulations for the State of Maryland. If your internet speed is a concern please note the file size of the 2008 guide, it is 8 megabytes, if you would rather not download the file please visit your nearest license retailer for a hard copy.
To view and download the entire fishing guide book click this link.
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Licensing & Registration Service Announces the Move of their Annapolis
Service Center
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Effective Monday, December 10, 2007, customers can visit or call the new location to obtain vessel registrations and titles, commercial fishing licenses, recreational fishing and hunting licenses, etc. The service center is moving to 1804 West Street, Suite 300, Annapolis, MD. (Click on address for directions) The public phone number, (410) 260-3220, and hours of operation, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday, will remain the same. We look forward to serving you.
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