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, December 11, 2022

FALSE ALBACORE: ANGLING INDUSTRY RESEARCH DONE RIGHT

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  There isn’t enough money available for fisheries research, and there probably never will be.   There are just too many stocks of fish, and...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

SOME GOOD NEWS FOR GULF RED SNAPPER

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  One week ago, the National Marine Fisheries Service issued regulations that should help end the chronic recreational overharvest of red sn...
Sunday, December 4, 2022

THE STRANGE APPEAL OF MEDIOCRE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

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  We were trying to protect the blowfish, and for a few hours, it looked like we would. Then things got derailed by a group of folks who clu...
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Thursday, December 1, 2022

WHAT ARE FISH FOR?

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  One of my favorite conservation-related quotes was written by pioneer ecologist Aldo Leopold, who noted, “The last word in ignorance is ...
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Sunday, November 27, 2022

STRIPED BASS: ASMFC CONSIDERS COMMERCIAL QUOTA TRANSFERS

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  Last week, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission formally released Draft Addendum I to Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Striped Bass ...
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