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CURRENTS
SALTWATER ANGLER REGISTRY: DELAWARE RIVER AND ESTUARY
Anglers who target or catch shad, striped bass Pennsylvania ﬁshing license holders may choose to TER ANGLER REG and river herring* from the Delaware River register for free with the Fish & Boat Commission. Visit LTWA ISTR A AS below Trenton Falls or in the Delaware www.ﬁshandboat.com/saltwater.htm for registration details. Estuary are required to register through Anglers may also register with the National Registry website the Fish & Boat Commission’s free on-line at www.countmyﬁsh.noaa.gov with NOAA by clicking on system (PA-SARP); register, for a fee, with the Angler Registry link or call the toll-free registration line the National Saltwater Angler Registry NATIONAL SALTWATER ANGLER administered by the National Oceanic REGISTRY: DELAWARE RIVER AND and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); ESTUARY at 1-888-MRIP-411 (1-888or meet the saltwater angler registration 674-7411). Please note that registered YLV requirements of another state. Anglers do anglers must still possess a valid state M A NI M not need to register if they meet one of the ﬁshing license. A FISH & BOAT CO following exceptions: Registration is a tool to help anglers and federal • Are under the age of 16. policy makers work together to better account for the contributions and • Hold a Highly Migratory Species Angling Permit. impacts of saltwater anglers on ocean ecosystems and coastal economies. • Fish commercially under a valid license. Reliable, universally trusted data will in turn aid anglers, ﬁsheries managers • Possess a valid registration with the National Saltwater Angler and other stakeholders in their combined efforts to effectively and fairly set • Registry administered by NOAA or from another exempted state. the rules that will ensure the long-term sustainability of recreational ﬁshing.

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*River herring (also known as alewife and blueback herring) are regulated with closed ﬁshing seasons, year-round, in the Delaware River, its tributaries (upstream to the limit of tidal inﬂuence) and
estuary. Hickory shad (endangered species) has no open season. These species are not to be targeted. If caught, they are to be immediately released, unharmed.

During the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) 71st annual meeting held in Philadelphia on October 21 through October 25, the Commission’s Executive Committee appointed Robert E. Beal executive director for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Beal has been with the Commission for more ASMFC Executive than 15 years and has served as the Director Robert E. Beal Director for the Interstate Fishery Management Program for the past 10 years. The mission of ASMFC is to promote better utilization of the fisheries of the Atlantic seaboard by development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries, and by the prevention of physical waste of the fisheries from any cause. The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is a member of ASMFC, because several species managed by ASMFC are classified as diadromous species, meaning they spend part of their life in the sea and also occupy fresh water habitats for a portion of their lives.

ASMFC Meeting Held

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Lake Habitat Section Receives Award
photo-Commissioner Leonard L. Lichvar

Mentored Youth Trout Day
March 23, 2013
Take part in the Commission’s first Mentored Youth Trout Day. Youth under the age of 16 can join a mentor angler, who has a current fishing license and trout permit, to fish this day on selected waters within the 18 southeastern regional counties for regional trout season. After January 1, check the waters listing at: www.fishandboat.com
PFBC website: www.fishandboat.com Pennsylvania Angler & Boater • January/February 2013

photo-Tina Berger

The Somerset County Sportsmen’s League presented several awards at their 56th annual banquet. Representatives from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s Lake Habitat Section received a plaque for their contributions to fish habitat projects at multiple Somerset County lakes including Quemahoning Reservoir, High Point Lake and Lake Somerset. Pictured are, front row, (left to right) Keith Beamer, Mike Swartz and Phil Thomas and, back row, (left to right) PFBC Executive Director John A. Arway, Don Anderson, Bob Miller of Dalton King, Mark Shaffer of Shaffer Block and Rich Berkley.

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