As a fisheries organizer, there’s one question I get at almost every public event I’m a part of: “What is one thing that I can do to help fish and fishermen?” It’s a tough question to answer and one that I’m sure I will hear a lot during this October, which happens to be National […]
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a renewed drive by the angling and boatbuilding industries, who are urging the Senate to pass S. 1520, the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act (Modern Fish Act), before the 115th Congress comes to an end. S. 1520, as its proponents continually remind us, would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery […]
Red Grouper photo courtesy of Wikipedia The majority of media and political attention is focused on red snapper, but there are several other reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico that are of commercial and recreational importance. Commercial fishermen in the Gulf, especially the eastern Gulf, rely on red grouper to make a living. Unfortunately, […]
Striped bass unite us on the East Coast. For thousands of years these hearty fish have made their impressive migration from the Mid-Atlantic Bight to Southern New England and north to the Gulf of Maine. Stripers have a curiously strong magnetic pull. They draw hoards of anglers to the coast. They drive us to spend […]
Fishing is a hard job. Most people in the U.S. who go fishing do it for the love of it, and commercial fishermen are no different. This is what we do, and we love our chosen and oftentimes inherited profession. But pursuing our passion comes with the added pressure of having to pay our bills, […]
Photo: Janet Coit, DEM Director; Steve Medeiros, RISAA president/camp director; and camp participants held a cast-off to open the third annual RISAA Youth Fishing Camp. This summer was a big success for Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association (RISAA) youth programs, such as Take-a-Kid Fishing Day, which exposes youth to fishing for the first time, Youth […]
Photo: Sperm whale with calf, by Gabriel Barathieu via Wikipedia Typically, a fisherman just needs to worry about catching fish; they are the top predator. That’s not the case for longline fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska, however. Hungry sperm whales have learned over time how to remove the highly prized sablefish (which fetches an […]
Ever since April 2017, when the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act — the so-called “Modern Fish Act” — was introduced in the House of Representatives, anglers have been urged to support the bill, its Senate companion, S. 1520, and the much more dangerous Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, H.R. 200. […]
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