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, August 10, 2017

ARGUMENTS, EFFORTS OF MAGNUSON-STEVENS OPPONENTS DON'T MAKE SENSE

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The current effort to weaken the conservation and stock rebuilding provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management A...
Sunday, August 6, 2017

WHEN FISHERY MANAGERS FAIL

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It’s the middle of summer. Forty years ago, I would have been fishing for cod southeast of Rhode Island. That might catch some people by ...
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Thursday, August 3, 2017

BAD COMMERCE DEPARTMENT FLUKE DECISION NOW LOOKS EVEN WORSE

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After Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross decided to overrule the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s finding that New Jersey’s 2017 r...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

THE JOKE'S ON FLORIDA'S STATE FISHERY MANAGERS

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When I testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans a couple of weeks ago, one of the other witness...
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Thursday, July 27, 2017

TARNISHED HALOS: ANGLERS, CONSERVATION AND THE LAW

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A few nights ago, my wife and I went out for dinner at a local seafood restaurant.  We ordered a bunch of raw oysters to start, and then th...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

FEDERAL FISHERIES: ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABLE

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The best fisheries management ideas are essentially worthless if they aren’t enforced. Thus, when the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva...
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