In late January, I had the pleasure of attending my first meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. The meeting, held Jan. 25-28 in Orange Beach, Alabama, drew hundreds of anglers and other concerned citizens and stakeholders from across the Gulf. On the agenda were important fishery issues, such as electronic reporting for […]
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MSA Holdup Puts Fisheries’ Future in Peril
The renewal of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) has sputtered in Congress, and from my perspective as an avid boater who enjoys fishing trips, lawmakers’ lack of action is putting our nation’s fisheries at risk. If you’re not familiar with this important topic, MSA, as we know it today, became law in […]