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, October 9, 2022

LOUISIANA PROPOSES INNOVATIVE NEW MENHADEN RULES

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  About one month ago, a purse seine boat, surprised and frightened by the size of its menhaden catch, cut its net loose, thereby dumping cl...
Thursday, October 6, 2022

NMFS SEEKS ANGLER INPUT ON RECREATIONAL FISHING POLICY

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  Most anglers probably don’t realize that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has a  policy that addresses recreational fisheries ...
Sunday, October 2, 2022

AMENDMENTS TO MSA REAUTHORIZATION BILL PUT SHARKS IN THE CROSSHAIRS

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  Last Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee completed its markup of H.R. 4690, the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future ...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES: WE NEED TO UTTER THE "A" WORD

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  Recreational fishery management has its own language with some terms, like “optimum yield” and “fishing mortality target,” unique to the m...
Sunday, September 25, 2022

MARINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: YOU'RE DEFINED BY WHAT YOU OPPOSE

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  A week ago, I wrote about the pending mark-up of H.R. 4690, Rep. Jared Huffman’s Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act .    Th...
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