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, February 14, 2021

STRIPED BASS AMENDMENT 7--NAVIGATING THE PID: PART 1, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

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  As most readers already know, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board has voted to move f...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

FLY FISHING INDUSTRY CALLS FOR IMPROVED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

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  Fish and the recreational fishing industry have long had a strange relationship. The industry can’t survive without fish.   And not only...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

UNDERSTANDING STRIPED BASS RELEASE MORTALITY, AND ITS IMPACT ON THE STOCK

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Ever since the latest benchmark assessment of the striped bass stock, released in 2019, revealed that nearly half of all fishing mortality r...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

STRIPED BASS AMENDMENT 7: IT'S NOW UP TO YOU

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  Yesterday, as expected, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board hastily agreed to approve...
Sunday, January 31, 2021

CAN MAGNUSON-STEVENS STOCK REBUILDING PROVISIONS BE IMPROVED?

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The  Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act  (Magnuson-Stevens) is probably the most comprehensive, and  most successful, ...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

STRIPED BASS AMENDMENT 7: ASMFC SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT

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  On Wednesday, February 3, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board will review the draft P...
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