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, March 12, 2017

TAKING THINGS A LITTLE TOO PERSONALLY

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A few days ago, I wrote a blog post for the Marine Fish Conservation Network.  The thrust of the piece was that legislators who introduce b...
Thursday, March 9, 2017

CONFLICT ON THE COUNCILS

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I recently read an opinion piece that appeared on the website of Sport Fishing magazine . It was written by Jeff Angers, who is the Pr...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

FISH AS AN ASSET

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Most of us spend the bulk of our lives holding down a job, trying to meet our daily expenses and hoping to put enough money aside that we w...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

HOPE IN A TIME OF CHANGE

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Wilbur J. Ross, Jr. has been confirmed as the new Secretary of Commerce, and so is now the head of the agency that includes the National Oc...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

THE DARK SIDE OF ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT

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Fish have traditionally been managed on a single-species basis.  That is, biologists calculate a target level of abundance for each species...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

WHAT WILL BE LEFT TO CATCH IF THE "TRASH FISH" ARE GONE

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A lot of anglers won’t even consider eating a sea robin. The reddish-brown fish with gold-rimmed blue eyes and broad pectoral fins, whi...
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