Feds Try to Clarify Policy on Boating Sailfish

A classic sportfishing photo scene — a happy angler holding a just-caught sailfish before releasing it — could become an expensive snapshot. Federal regulations prohibit removing an Atlantic sailfish from the water before a release, National Marine Fisheries Service officials caution. “This is not something new,” Randy Blankinship of NMFS’ Highly Migratory Species Division said … Read more