We should all care about the red snapper decision in the Gulf of Mexico, as it eliminates public input and circumvents regional council authority granted by the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Photo courtesy of NOAA. Who cares about red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico? If you come from a coastal state like me (Rhode Island) you […]
Photo: Angler Brian Albano practices catch and release when fishing with Capt. Joe Pagano. Shown with a 30-pound striped bass caught, tagged and released at Pt. Judith Light off Narragansett, RI. Playing tag with sharks “I can remember the exact moment I decided to start tagging rather than killing sharks. I was showing my wife […]
How about some positive fishing news? Every day there’s a lot of discouraging fishing news with all of the regulations (necessary but often painful), state and federal fishing laws, fishing bills in Congress, climate change news and more. So here it is, the positive, good fishing news from Rhode Island. Most of this positive news […]
Photo: David Appolonia of South Kingstown, Rhode Island with a school bluefin tuna It’s 2017 and the fish are on the run. They’re actually under attack. They have always been running from other fish that seek them out as prey and mankind that catches them to eat. This is only natural. However, today the fish […]
Defunding Programs Could Harm Fisheries and Fishing Communities Last week many in the fishing community were talking about President Trump’s budget and its impact on climate change, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the fish. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), more than 40 species have been rebuilt. […]
Capt. Dave Monti with a summer flounder (fluke) caught off Rose Island, Newport in August, 2016. I run a charter fishing business in Rhode Island. I have always felt it a privilege to fish and take people fishing to experience the joy of catching fish for consumption and sport. Therefore I was alarmed to learn […]
Photo: Steve Brustein and Capt. Dave Monti with cod caught at the East Fishing Grounds three miles east of Block Island on No Fluke Charters. Cod fishing is good off the Rhode Island coast. Contraire to what is being experienced in the Gulf of Maine, cod fishing for recreational anglers off Rhode Island has been […]
What role will local fishing, agriculture and food enterprise have in supporting Rhode Island and the region moving forward? This was the primary question explored as 350 business, government and community leaders gathered at the University of Rhode Island for the first Rhode Island Food System Summit in January. The summit was organized by Sue […]
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