{"id":26268,"date":"2019-02-14T10:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=26268"},"modified":"2019-02-14T10:33:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:33:50","slug":"maryland-anglers-can-qualify-for-new-awards-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/02\/14\/maryland-anglers-can-qualify-for-new-awards-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Anglers Can Qualify for New Awards Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>FishMaryland Offers Recognition for Various Skill Levels<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7422\/12105635083_ef12cc6215.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of woman with large carp\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> has launched a new award program to celebrate the state&#8217;s\u00a0anglers and the diverse species of fish they catch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/challenge\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FishMaryland<\/a> is a multifaceted award program designed to encourage anglers to take advantage of Maryland\u2019s year-round recreational fishing and enjoy the state&#8217;s accessible, affordable and high-quality fishing opportunities. <!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cOur state has a long history of awarding anglers for their catches,\u201d Fishing and Boating Services Director David Blazer said. \u201cFishMaryland raises the bar for anglers to demonstrate their skills.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Anglers can quality for several categories including a species award, a catch and release award, an invasive species award, and multi-species awards. Participants who enter eligible catches will be recognized with a certificate to commemorate their trophy catch. <\/p>\n<p>New to the program are the Milestone Awards, which recognize anglers at various skill levels who catch trophy sized fish of multiple species.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eligible catches from different calendar years will count towards each milestone as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angler Award<\/strong> &#8212; Catch three different qualifying species, the angler receives a certificate and corresponding sticker.<br \/>\n<strong>Expert Angler Award<\/strong> &#8212; Catch five different qualifying species, the angler receives a certificate and corresponding sticker.<br \/>\n<strong>Master Angler Award<\/strong> &#8211; Catch ten different qualifying species, the angler receives a certificate and corresponding sticker.<\/p>\n<p>Fishing licenses are available for purchase\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550239788640000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF4BP8PBcozF7DYaMRn0rXlR9Z1mQ\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FishMaryland Offers Recognition for Various Skill Levels The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has launched a new award program to celebrate the state&#8217;s\u00a0anglers and the diverse species of fish they catch. FishMaryland is a multifaceted award program designed to encourage anglers to take advantage of Maryland\u2019s year-round recreational fishing and enjoy the state&#8217;s accessible, affordable<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/02\/14\/maryland-anglers-can-qualify-for-new-awards-program\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[4957,4104,4314],"class_list":["post-26268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-award","tag-fishing-and-boating","tag-sportfishing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26268"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26307,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26268\/revisions\/26307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}