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.

Thursday, July 10, 2025

JUST OUT: AN OBJECTIVE LOOK AT BYCATCH IN THE MENHADEN REDUCTION FISHERY

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  Anglers often like to throw ( mostly metaphorical) stones at commercial fishermen, and every angler has a favorite target. Some have a ...
Sunday, July 6, 2025

COASTAL SHARKS: THE SILLY SEASON BEGINS

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  About ten days ago, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced that “On June 25, at approximatel...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

ADMINISTRATION RENEGES ON NATION'S PROMISE TO RESTORE COLUMBIA/SNAKE RIVER SALMON

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  In September 2023, the Biden administration issued a “Memorandum on Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fis...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN: OVERWEENING ENTITLEMENT

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  About a month ago, the New York Times reported that a charter boat captain in the Gulf of Mexico was sentenced to 30 days in federal pri...
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