Maintenance is required

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, more than 75 percent of the nation's boating fatalities result from a person falling overboard and drowning; 87 percent were not using a life jacket.

Drug problem

'Pill pollution' is jeopardizing the nation's fisheries

Fisheries threatened by Arkansas

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) approved a permit in February that will allow four companies to annually dump 832,000 pounds of ammonia and more than 50,000 pounds of phosphates directly into the Ouachita River.

New weigh-in system

Connecticut B.A.S.S. Federation Nation unveiled its new fish-care system during the group's third tournament of the season, and it performed without a hitch during a big weigh-in. Fishing the Connecticut River in early July, 111 anglers entered 266 bass weighing 462.87 pounds

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