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 5, 2023

WINTER FLOUNDER: MANAGERS WAVE THE WHITE FLAG

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  It’s hard to watch a fishery die, particularly one that you’ve been a part of for virtually all of your life. I’ve long mourned the demi...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

STRIPED BASS AT THE ASMFC: "THAT'S THE FASTEST THEY'VE EVER DONE NOTHING"

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  Last Tuesday, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board considered Addendum I to Amendment ...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES: THE NEED FOR MORE WIDESPREAD ABUNDANCE

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  When I look back over the past 68 years, fishing was probably never better than it was in the mid-1970s. I was in college back then, spe...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

MARINE FISHERIES: MANAGING FOR THE LONG TERM

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  I’ve been involved with fisheries management long enough to know that, whatever issue arises, fishermen tend to focus on what new manageme...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

STAKEHOLDERS OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSE INTERSTATE TRANSFERS OF STRIPED BASS QUOTA

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  On Wednesday, February 1, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board will decide whether the...
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