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Support Your Local Fish
Plenty of anglers catch, photograph and release snook each year, especially with Florida's strict slot limits and seasons in place. It's not uncommon for anglers to weigh their catch using a...
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New Law Would Give States Greater Management of Gulf Red Snapper
Following a joint letter to the U.S. House and Senate leadership from four Gulf-state governors stating that federal management of Gulf of Mexico red snapper is “irretrievably broken,” the bipartisan...
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More Protection for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Stocks
The future for Atlantic bluefin tuna is looking somewhat brighter, thanks to new measures proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service to better protect stocks of the vulnerable, icon apex...
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Should Anglers Release or Keep Record Billfish and Sharks?
If you doubt just how much attitudes in the sport-fishing community have changed, consider that just 15 years ago, I was sure to get blowback for being a politically correct environazi by suggesting...
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Louisiana Senator Vitter Persuades NOAA to Review Fisheries Allocations
Several years ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration promised anglers it would review the way in which many fisheries are being allocated among user groups (notably commercial and...
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New App Helps Sport Fishermen Properly Kill Fish Kept for Food
Using a Japanese technique called iki jime, anglers can quickly and humanely kill fish to be kept for food while also enhancing the quality of the meat. The term, Japanese for “live killing,” involves...
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Prominent Fisheries Biologist: “We Can Do Better” Managing Red Snapper
Bob Shipp is a man in the middle. He’s part of a system (the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council) which has made rulings he has often disagreed with, increasingly so when it comes to one of the...
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CCA: Help Us Change the Red Snapper Allocation!
The Coastal Conservation Assocation reports that the allocation was set using catch data from the mid-1980s, at a time when red snapper stocks were critically depressed and created an inaccurate...
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National Park Service Offers Plan to Keep Biscayne National Park Open to...
Last week, the National Park Service announced a supplemental General Management Plan (GMP) for Biscayne National Park that marks an important step toward balancing the need for public access while...
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Sardines, Anchovies and Mullet: Small in Size, Big Impact
With the exception of live bait aficionados, most recreational anglers habitually focus on large predatory fish rather than small herbivorous ones. Be it salmon or sailfish, our brains naturally focus...
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Four Major Boat Builders Lend Support to the Center for Coastal Conservation
Those four boat builders include major marine industry players Grady White Boats, Maverick Boats, Regulator Boats and Sea Hunt Boats.“We are incredibly grateful and pleased to have the support of these...
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How-To: Drop Weights Make Releasing Fish a Cinch
Until this fall, the only legal way to release deepwater fish suffering from barotrauma (“inflated” swim bladder) in the Gulf of Mexico was to poke a hole in its side with a venting tool. Now, anglers...
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Bonefish Spawning Behavior in the Bahamas Surprises Researchers
Bonefish, sometimes called the gray ghost, are among the most elusive and highly prized quarry of recreational anglers in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and similar tropical habitats around the world....
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna Sold for $70,000, Despite 96.4% Stock Decrease
This past Sunday, a 507-pound piece of Pacific bluefin tuna sold at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market. Last year’s tuna broke records and sold for $1.76 million. This year, prices plummeted to $70,000. As...
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Hubbs-Seaworld Receives Prestigious IGFA Award
Sportsmanship and conservation go hand in hand – anglers who hope for more and bigger fish tomorrow invariably understand the need to release catches they make today. Since 1993, the International Game...
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Giant Bluefin Tuna Recaptured 16 Years After Tagging
Sixteen years and about 1,200 pounds later, a little bluefin tuna got big. The 14-pound bluefin tagged southeast of New York’s Block Island in 1997 by Capt. Al Anderson — whose anglers have tagged tens...
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Finally: Anglers Allowed to Choose How They Release Fish
It’s a time to savor when common sense prevails, since sometimes that seems to be more exception than rule. Common sense has finally prevailed in fishery management at both the federal (Gulf of Mexico...
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Catch and Release Shark Fishing
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science investigated how several species...
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Spy Game - Thoughts on Drones and Sport Fishing
For many anglers, getting away from it all is a dominant factor in why we fish. Now it seems that just when we think we’re far from the madding crowds, casting quietly in a remote area or trolling...
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Anglers Applaud Progress of Red Snapper Reallocation
During its recent meeting in Houston, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved moving ahead with an amendment to update the allocation of Gulf red snapper between the commercial and...
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