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 13, 2024

STRIPED BASS ASSESSMENT UPDATE: SOME ADVICE, BUT SUBSTANTIAL UNCERTAINTY

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  The 2024 update to the 2018 benchmark striped bass stock assessment has been released.   It offers some guidance on the status and traject...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

RECREATIONAL BYCATCH: IT'S REAL

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  Some words bring very clear pictures to mind. In a fisheries context, the word ‘bycatch’ evokes images of industrial-scale commercial fi...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

FORAGE FISH CONSERVATION BILL AGAIN BEFORE CONGRESS

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  On September 26, Representatives Debbie Dingle (D-MI) and Brian Mast (R-FL) announced the reintroduction of the Forage Fish Conservation A...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT FINDS REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS (SLIGHTLY) UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act , since it first became law in 1976 ( when it was merely titled the “Fishery Co...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

NEW STUDY CONFIRMS DOMINANT ROLE OF CHESAPEAKE STOCK STRIPED BASS

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  Fishermen are often optimists who, despite poor fishing conditions and a shortage of fish, still venture out on the water believing that t...
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