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, February 2, 2014

STRIPED BASS: A TEST OF ASMFC'S LEGITIMACY

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When the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Management Board meets next Tuesday, will it act responsibly, and follo...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

STRIPERS FOREVER UNDERSTANDS ASMFC

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Stripers Forever is one of those organizations that leaves me a little conflicted. On one hand, I have to admire the dedication of its ...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: SUCCESS WITHOUT (MUCH) SCIENCE

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In a perfect world, fisheries managers would have all of the scientific resources that they might possibly need to manage every species und...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

"YOU'RE NOT GIVING US TIME TO DISPUTE YOUR DATA..."

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I’ve been involved with fisheries management issues since the striped bass collapsed back in the late ‘70s.  In that time, some things have...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

RETURN TO BIZARRO WORLD WITH THE RFA

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Almost fourteen years ago, a federal judge writing for the District of Columbia circuit handed down what was arguably the most important fi...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

(NOT VERY) COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT

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Managing East Coast fisheries was once a classic “Tragedy of the Commons” situation.  Fishermen from the various states competed among them...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

THE ELEPHANT IN THE COCKPIT

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Right around New Year’s Day, one of my friends sent me a link to a guest editorial that had appeared in the Miami Herald.  It was written b...
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