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.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

HOW A CAMEL'S NOSE COULD AFFECT SUMMER FLOUNDER

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For a very long time, summer flounder management was a serious mess.  The biologists at the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council were do...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

PUTTING FISH FIRST

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The headline in the Alaska Dispatch News put it pretty well. “If Alaska’s leaders put ‘fish first,’ we’ll prosper for generations.” ...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

WHO WILL RED SNAPPER ANGLERS BLAME NEXT?

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Gulf of Mexico red snapper anglers lost in court again this week.  The case, Coastal Conservation Association v. United States Departme...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016

RECREATIONAL DATA TAKEN HOSTAGE BY GULF SNAPPER ANGLERS

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If you pay any attention to fishery management issues (and if you’re reading this blog, it’s pretty clear that you do), you know that one o...
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Friday, January 1, 2016

MORE BAD INFORMATION ABOUT OCEAN PLANNING

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Ocean planning is a hot topic these days, with both state and federal agencies looking at how sections of ocean might best be used. Unf...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

MAGNUSON-STEVENS REAUTHORIZATION: THERE'S NO ESCAPING REALITY

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On Monday, December 7, the House Natural Resources Committee  held an oversight field hearing  in Riverhead, New York. Entitled “Restoring ...
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