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, September 10, 2020

RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY (OR THE LACK THEREOF) IN RECREATIONAL SALTWATER FISHERIES

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  Last week, The New York Times published an article on surf fishing for sharks here on Long Island . It’s something that has been going ...
Sunday, September 6, 2020

ACCURATELY COUNTING THE CATCH IS MORE EASILY SAID THAN DONE: PART II--THE RECREATIONAL CATCH

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  There is no gentle way to say it:   Surf and private boat recreational landings can constitute the black hole of the fisheries management ...
Thursday, September 3, 2020

ACCURATELY COUNTING THE CATCH IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE: PART ONE--THE COMMERCIAL CATCH

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  It’s impossible to manage marine fisheries without knowing just how many fish are removed from the populations each year.   Some of those ...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

SALTWATER FISHING: WHEN IS IT TIME TO STOP TAKING, AND START GIVING BACK?

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  Fishing regulations are, or at least should be, rooted firmly in science, and tempered by social and economic considerations only to the e...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

STRIPED BASS: STAYING FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS

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  Rebuilding the overfished striped bass stock to its target level will not be easy.  Conservation advocates won’t only be facing the usu...
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Sunday, August 23, 2020

SIGNS OF HOPE FOR BRISTOL BAY--AND WHAT THAT TEACHES

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Fisheries advocacy can be a hard and, at times, seemingly hopeless slog.   Too many times, we put in hours—or, in many cases, years—trying t...
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