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Closing the Gap on Emotion

Closing the Gap on Emotion

Federal Fisheries Policy Needs Face-to-Face Discussion I recently had the pleasure of presenting to our Eugene Chapter of The Association of Northwest Steelheaders, highlighting the different campaigns we’re engaged in at headquarters. It’s always great getting out to these chapter meetings to hear what our members have to say about the work we’re doing on […]

Counting Fish Together

Counting Fish Together

Cooperative Fisheries Research Can Transform Fishermen And Management A ways back, I was hired to help a tech diver named Kerry Dillon monitor artificial reefs off Martin and St. Lucie counties, along Florida’s Treasure Coast. At the time, I was running inshore and nearshore charters on the Indian River Lagoon, and captaining a 36-foot Venture […]

In Fisheries, The “Best Scientific Information” Should At Least BE Science

In Fisheries, The “Best Scientific Information” Should At Least BE Science

When it comes to fisheries management, you can’t have too much data. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens) requires that “Conservation and management measures shall be based upon the best scientific information available,” and that’s a good thing. Yet it also creates a problem, for a penny-pinching Congress has long denied the National […]

The End of an Era?

The End of an Era?

Photo: Bob Rees (left) pictured with Stan Litner and his 60 lb. Kenai River Chinook salmon To the chagrin of some of our readers, no, we’re not talking about the end of my blog, sorry about that. Thanks for all the feedback you are providing, however. The sad news is, I’m referencing an article I […]

On Protecting Those Go-To Spots

On Protecting Those Go-To Spots

“Ocean Planning” Offers Anglers An Opportunity We Should Take If you’ve spent any real time offshore, you know that some spots are more “fishy” than others. To any fishermen worth his/her salt, that’s just a given. Often, a spot’s productivity is due to hard-bottom, structure or rapid depth changes. But other times, for no particular […]

Bearing the Burden of Conservation

Bearing the Burden of Conservation

Photo: Tim Wilson with a January 5th Clackamas River steelhead from the Clean Columbia fishing tournament, raising awareness of the dangers of siting the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal near one of our favorite fishing spots, Davis Bar on the lower Columbia River. During the last full legislative session that the Oregon delegates convened (2015), the […]