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, May 12, 2016

ASMFC TAKES NOVEL APPROACH TO WEAKFISH MORTALITY

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It’s May, and that means that it’s weakfish season here on Long Island.  Weakfish may not be as popular as striped bass, at least in mo...
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

THE CHALLENGE: MANAGING RECOVERING FISH STOCKS

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When there are lots of fish, they’re easy to manage. The best example might be  scup  in the northeast. Abundance is twice the biomass targ...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

NEEDED--A FIELD GUIDE TO FILLETS

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I’m lucky. I live in a coastal town, I own an offshore-capable boat and I’m a decent enough angler that I can usually find a fish or tw...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

WHAT SALTWATER FISHERMEN NEED

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Ever since the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership published its paper, “ A Vision for Managing America’s Saltwater Recreational Fi...
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Thursday, April 28, 2016

RED SNAPPER, RED HERRINGS

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Red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico is probably the most contentions fisheries issue being debated today.  To say that the rhetori...
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Sunday, April 24, 2016

RIGHT HEADLINE, WRONG STORY

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There was a recent editorial in the Newburyport (MA) Daily News titled “U.S. Needs to Protect Lobster Fishery.” That such protection i...
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