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Updated Recreational and Commercial Fishery Compliance Guides Now Available DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife schedules training in Lewes for volunteer beachnesting bird monitors The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fishing and Boating Services 2019 Recreational Cobia Fishery — Effective 5/1/19 Monty Hawkins Fishing Report Monty Hawkins Fishing Report - 4/3/19 Scientists Urge Va. to Cancel Spring Trophy Striper Season ASMFC expected to set stricter regs for harvesting striped bass Panel makes suggestions to save the MD stripers NOAA to keep bluefin regulations the same Feds give commercial anglers 49% increase; recreational anglers 0%

Age Determined for World Record Tautog

Monday, March 23, 2015

After analyzing the cheek bone of the 28.8 lb. world record tautog caught by Ken Westerfeld while fishing on the charter boat, "Fish Bound" with Capt. Kane Bounds, a New York state marine biologist has determined that the fish was 23 years old at the time it was captured.