Photo: Commercial and Recreational fishing, by John McMurray With a name like the “Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act,” many fishermen had hope. Private recreational fishermen were hoping for legislation that truly modernized the way recreational fisheries are managed in the United States. Commercial fishermen hoped for this as well – and hoped that it wouldn’t […]
Photo: Eric Brazer Current fisheries management is influenced by both science and politics, and yet one approach is clearly more beneficial to the success of our fisheries than the other. Science identifies facts that lead to conclusions being drawn. Politics, on the other hand, identifies a conclusion that encourages the finding of facts to support […]
Of all the fish in the Gulf of Mexico, red snapper aren’t the biggest; or the fastest; they’re not quite the brightest (color, not smarts); and not the strongest. But they’re surely the most political. From the perspective of the commercial fishing industry, red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico is both a great […]
Red snapper are one of those fish that often gets labelled as “iconic.” It’s hard to put a finger on exactly why this is so — maybe it’s because they’re big and bright red… or because they fight like hell on the line… or even because they are one of the tastiest fish in the […]
