Fishing for Irony
They say that fishing is the world's second oldest occupation, so it is likely there have been more ironic events in its long, storied history, but the recent letter from Massachusetts's Governor Deval...
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Back to Bluefin
The Atlantic mackerel’s tail beat frantically on the water’s surface before it disappeared in the torrent of nearly seven feet of blitzing bluefin. When the tuna somehow missed the bait, Capt. Ewen...
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Charting a Course for Success: NOAA's Recreational Fisheries Initiative
While a large portion of fisheries management attention has traditionally been directed to the business of commercial fishing, the last 18 months bear witness to an intentional sea-change in NOAA's...
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Five Fishery Bright Spots
In every corner of our continent, fish struggle against an onslaught of harvest, predation, habitat loss, pollution and natural disasters. Those that have biology on their side continue to flourish;...
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Legalize Alternatives to Stabbing Fish
Based on the available science, it should be legal for anglers to use “rapid-descent devices” to release deepwater fish rather than have to rely solely on venting.That’s a conclusion reached at a...
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Louisiana to Defy NOAA Fisheries on Red Snapper Fishing
In an announcement on May 4, Louisiana fisheries officials reacted to an unprecedented 40-day red snapper season this year for red snapper in the western Gulf of Mexico by announcing a formal break...
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Invasion of the Monster Shrimp?
Shrimp the size of lobsters are a culinary delight, but they may pose an ecological calamity for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Now scientists are asking fishermen in the Southeast to report sightings of...
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Exclusive Interview: Obama Talks Fisheries
In May, both the Obama and Romney campaigns agreed to answer a series of questions on fisheries issues/policy vital to U.S. recreational fishermen as part of an exclusive interview to be published in...
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Tighter California Limits Aim to Protect Populations of Saltwater Bass
News that the California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) voted last week to tighten the size and bag limits for kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass has sparked the ire of passenger...
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Guyana Sport-Fishing Film Wins Sundance Award
For its short-feature film, Jungle Fish, Costa Sunglasses and director Louisiana Kreutz accepted an award from the Sundance Institute and Hilton Worldwide at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park...
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Tagging Mako Sharks off Mexico
Don't forget to click through all the images in the gallery above.The tagging and tracking of shortfin mako sharks in late March off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico is expected to provide scientists...
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Catch Limits of Black Sea Bass Set to More than Double
Anglers may find the annual catch limits of black sea bass this year more than doubled. A recent scientific review shows the stock is now rebuilt, according to the South Atlantic Fishery Management...
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TAG Scientists Wrangle Giant Bluefins off Morocco
Most times when I fish, I tag and release my catch, primarily because I’m married to a man who’s a state fisheries manager. His agency always has ongoing tagging studies, so it’s natural. But it’s also...
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Are Pacific Mahi Populations at Risk?
No billfish or tuna around? Well, at least there will always be mahi. Or will there? Mahi seem to be taken for granted, particularly in the Pacific. But an organization known as the Sustainable...
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Sea Lions: Shoot to Kill?
Sea lions: cuddly dog-like marine mammals with big sad eyes. Sea lions: efficient salmon-killing machines that threaten wild stocks. Those are two ends of the spectrum in an ongoing battle in the...
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Cooperation in Costa Rica Offers Hope for Protecting Fisheries
For the first time all fishing sectors are working together on a common goal in Costa Rica. To have more fish so everyone can work in harmony. Nearly 100,000 people depend on commercial and sport...
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Hey, America: A Million Americans Are Looking Out for the Sport of Fishing!
KeepAmericaFishing just reached the 1-million-member milestone. Who cares? You, if you care about the future of sport fishing in our great country. Putting it the simplest way I know how: Gun-rights...
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Outraged Fishermen Postpone Vote for More No-Take Areas
Hoping to avoid becoming “another California” (where recreational fishermen felt left out of a process that led to a vast crazyquilt of no-take areas closed to all angling), Florida Keys charter...
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Mass Murder and the Death of an Ecosystem in Florida’s Indian River
One of this country’s most spectacular, pristine and productive areas of shallow grass flats, home to the world’s greatest shallow-water sight-cast fishery for trophy redfish and seatrout, might be...
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New Legislation Would Require Better Science to Manage Fisheries
One of the most recurrent themes among public concerns with marine fisheries management in this country has, for some years, been that of getting the science right — particularly when it comes to the...
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