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, January 8, 2023

MID-ATLANTIC "HARVEST CONTROL RULE: MAKES AN AWKWARD DEBUT, PART i: A HASTY BEGINNING

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  When the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC’s) Interstate Fish...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

HERRING LAWSUIT COULD THREATEN NATIONWIDE CONSERVATION EFFORTS

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  Nearly forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court decided Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council , handing down a ...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

THE FISHERIES FIGHTS OF 2023

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  2022 is over, but many of the fisheries issues that first arose then have carried over into the new year.   Other management actions are s...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

2022: A REASONABLY GOOD YEAR FOR MARINE FISH CONSERVATION

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  Ever since 2014, when this blog first appeared, I’ve taken a look back on the year just past, and the successes and failures of the variou...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

LARGE-MESH DRIFTNET BILL BECOMES LAW

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  On Friday, the House of Representatives approved a $1.66 billion federal spending bill, and sent it on to President Biden to sign into law...
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