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, May 17, 2026

WELL, THAT WAS CERTAINLY QUICK: NEW LAWSUIT CHALLENGES SOUTH ATLANTIC RED SNAPPER EFPS

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  Just ten days ago, I wrote about the National Marine Fisheries Service’s less-than-wise decision to issue exempted fishing permits that wi...
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Thursday, May 14, 2026

GOOD NEWS FOR ATLANTIC BLUEFIN ANGLERS

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  I’m drafting this post aboard an Amtrak train, headed from Washington back up to New York’s Penn Station, where I’ll grab another train ou...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

NEW NATIONAL SALTWATER RECREATIONAL FISHERIES POLICY EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC ISSUES

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On April 13, 2026 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  issued a press release  announcing its newest version of  the Nationa...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

MAGICAL THINKING: SOUTH ATLANTIC RED SNAPPER EFPS

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  Managing the red snapper fishery, and particularly the recreational red snapper fishery, in the South Atlantic has proved to be one of the...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS: "A FAIR AND BALANCED APPORTIONMENT"

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  The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act states that “it is therefore declared to be the purposes of the Congress in...
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