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, April 7, 2016

NOT IN MY LIFETIME

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When I was a boy, I hadn’t lived long enough to understand change.  Things would, I thought, stay the same forever.  It didn’t matter w...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

THE WASHINGTON TRIBES UNDERSTAND

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I’ve always lived in the Northeast, a neighbor to cod and controversy. Inshore, I fish for—and fight for—summer flounder and stripers; offs...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

COOKING THE BOOKS ON MENHADEN

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Earlier this month, a report entitled “ The Fate of an Atlantic Menhaden Year Class ” was distributed by the Menhaden Fisheries Coalition ....
Sunday, March 27, 2016

"SCIENTIFIC BULLSHIT"

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One of the joys of writing a blog is that once you let your thoughts loose on the Internet, you never know where they will land.  You a...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

WINTER FLOUNDER: THE BILL HAS COME DUE

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Here on Long Island, St. Patrick’s Day—March 17—was always the unofficial start of the   winter flounder   season. That date wasn’t imp...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016

HOUSE BACKS DOWN ON EEZ STRIPER BILL

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Last December, I wrote about H.R. 3070 , a poorly-drafted and even more poorly conceived piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Lee Zeldin...
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