History and Mission Statement of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission: The states of Maryland and Virginia are both vitally interested in conserving and improving the valuable fishery resources of the tidewater portion of the Potomac River, maintaining law and order and peace and safety on the river, and recognizing that certain provisions of the Maryland-Virginia Compact of 1785 had become obsolete, agreed in 1958 that such conservation and improvement could be best achieved by a commission comprised of representatives of both Maryland and Virginia. Read more

An Interjurisdictional Report on Tidal Black Bass Fishery Management in the Potomac River: At its December, 2014 quarterly meeting, the Potomac River Fisheries Commission discussed the management of tidal largemouth bass. The Commission received presentations from MD DNR, VADGIF and the District of Columbia. The purpose of the meeting was to provide the Commission with the most recent fisheries management data for largemouth bass in the tidal Potomac from each jurisdiction's scientific staff, while providing an opportunity for the Commission and public to listen and ask questions. See the full report

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largemouth Bass management portion of the meeting

• PRFC launches new website feature, atlas to fisheries related resources in the tidal Potomac watershed.
• PRFC in collaboration with DOEE, VA GIF and MD DNR will host: A State of the Tidal Potomac Largemouth Bass Fishery Symposium At 6:30 PM DOEE Aquatic Resources Education Center
• Attention: PRFC will no longer be mailing out sport license renewal notices due to the updated sport license which is good 365 days from date of purchase. To mail in your renewal, please print the following form out and mail to the PRFC office
• Attention Blue Catfish commercial harvesters. The following letter was sent out to fish trot line and fish pot licensees to allow them to identify prospective buyers of commercially caught Blue Catfish in PRFC waters. This list includes those buyers we are aware of, but there may be others. We can add others to the list if their information is made available to us.
• Commercially caught catfish may be delivered to processors on ice and are not required to be alive on arrival. All catfish are subject to inspection by USDA FSIS staff for suitability for human consumption (not in a state of decomposition)