More than 1,600 animals and plants are protected, or “listed,” as endangered ... mostly in charge of carrying out the Act, with a few ocean species covered by another agency called NOAA Fisheries — ...

Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a ...

and other overfished and protected species. ASA joined with several other recreational fishing and conservation organizations to ask NOAA Fisheries to explore using low-impact gears and methods to ...

The proposed amendments would have required boats 35 feet and longer to slow to 10 knots in seasonal protected ... which is the species' only known calving ground. NOAA Fisheries denied these ...

"NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service announced it is proposing a bottom-fishing closure off Florida’s Atlantic Coast for all 55 species of snapper and grouper managed by the agency.” ...

The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

Meanwhile, Oak Hill's famous shrimp are gathering steam. Crappie are still biting in the St. Johns. The Tomoka River is delivering, too.