MASGC Fishing Page

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A tremendous amount of information on saltwater fishing is available on the World Wide Web. This page gathers, in one place, the more useful sites for fishermen (recreational and commercial) in the north-central Gulf of Mexico.

Weather/Radar/Marine

• Mobile, AL
• New Orleans, LA
• Regional

Astronomical Data

• Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day

Sea Conditions

• Alabama and West
• Alabama and East
• Gulf of Mexico
  • Wave-Current-Surge Information System for Coastal Louisiana

Tide/Currents/Water Monitoring

• Alabama Tides
• Mississippi Tides
• Florida Tides
• Mobile Bay
  • NOAA Tides and Currents
  • Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Local Environmental Conditions
• Chemical Contaminants in oysters and mussels

River Flow

• Alabama
  • USGS Daily Streamflow Conditions
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District Water Management
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Texas

Fisheries Management (also see  Fishing Regulations)

• Federal
  • Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
  • Louisiana Fisheries - Resources and Publications
  • Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program - Fisheries Management
  • National Marine Fisheries Service
  • NOAA Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office
  • NOAA Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office: Fishery Bulletins
  • NOAA Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office: Constituency Services Branch
  • Southeast Fisheries Science Center
• State
  • Florida
  • Alabama
  • Mississippi
  • Louisiana
  • Texas

Fisheries Data

• Commercial fisheries landings by species, 1950 to 2009
• Recreational fisheries landings and economic impacts

Fishing Regulations/Licenses

• Federal
  • Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
  • NOAA Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office: Fishery Regulations
  • NOAA Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office: Constituency Services Branch
• State
  • Alabama
  • Florida
  • Mississippi
  • Louisiana
  • Texas