ONE ANGLER'S VOYAGE

After spending over 50 years on and around the water, I have realized that without strong fisheries laws and effective conservation measures, the future of salt water fishing, and America's living marine resources, is dim. Yet conservation is given short shrift by national angling organizations and the angling press. I hope that this blog will incite, inform and inspire salt water fishermen to reclaim their traditional role as the leading advocates for the conservation of America's fisheries.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS: "A FAIR AND BALANCED APPORTIONMENT"

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  The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act states that “it is therefore declared to be the purposes of the Congress in...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

MAGNUSON-STEVENS AT 50: CAN IT STILL DO ITS JOB?

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  The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act turned 50 years old on April 13.   At the time, when foreign factory trawlers...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

WESTERN ATLANTIC REGULATIONS MAY THE THE KEY TO HEALTHY BLUEFIN TUNA STOCKS

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  We’ve known for a long time that Atlantic bluefin tuna migrations are complex, with fish spawned into the Mediterranean Sea traveling into...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

STRIPED BASS DEJA VU: MANAGERS CONSIDER REVISED REFERENCE POINTS

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  About a quarter-century ago, after striped bass had recovered from their stock collapse, and both fishery managers and stakeholders were d...
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