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, June 9, 2024

MARINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: THE COSTS OF DELAY

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  Whether we like it or not—and whether we want to admit it or not—fish stocks can decline. Most of the time, such decline is the direct r...
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Thursday, June 6, 2024

NMFS SEEKS TO IMPROVE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES DATA

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  Every so often, I think about a sign that I’ve seen in some auto repair shops, and in other places where similar work is done, which read ...
Monday, June 3, 2024

UNREALISTIC HOPES FOR RECREATIONAL CATCH REPORTING IN NORTH CAROLINA

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  Toward the end of last April, I wrote a piece about a new initiative in North Carolina that would require recreational anglers (as well as...
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Thursday, May 30, 2024

IS IT TIME TO GIVE THRESHER SHARKS A HAND?

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  Back in 1971, the late, legendary Captain Frank Mundus, who pioneered recreational shark fishing off Long Island, New York, co-wrote Sport...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

ALASKA BYCATCH, HABITAT DEBATES ON THE FRONT BURNER

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  A little less than two years ago, I wrote something called “Marine Fisheries Management:   You’re Defined by What You Oppose,” which focus...
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Thursday, May 23, 2024

LITIGATION CHALLENGES MENHADEN REDUCTION INDUSTRY

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  For many years, activists of various stripes have tried to shut down the menhaden reduction fishery in the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf...
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