Waterfowl Seasons

Steve Carson

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The Department of Fish and Game has established the 2011-12 waterfowl hunting seasons and regulations. Highlights include the popular "Northeast Zone" opener, which will be Oct. 8, with a daily bag limit of seven ducks and eight geese.

The general "Balance of the State Zone" opener will be Oct. 22, and the season will run through Jan. 29, with a daily bag limit of seven ducks and eight geese. Also returning is a special four-day "Balance of the State" early season that received little attention last year. It will allow the take of Large Canada Geese only, and running only from Oct. 1-5.

Numerous area-specific zones and special hunts will have a variety of differing rules, dates, and bag limits, so consult the full set of regulations prior to heading out.

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An International Expert Consultation convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) agreed today on the first international guidelines on responsible recreational fisheries. The Technical Guidelines, which will be brought to the attention of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), support sustainable recreational fisheries in context of the FAO Code of Conduct of Responsible Fisheries and were prepared following calls from FAO member states for guidance on recreational fisheries as a rapidly rising form of use......

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