Just for the Halibut

Just for the Halibut

I know, such an over-coined phrase, but it certainly has some meaning in several different capacities. As we wrap up another successful halibut season off the Oregon Coast, it never ceases to amaze me how much there is to learn about our fisheries right under our noses. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but […]

Utilizing Bycatch: The Hidden Hazard

Utilizing Bycatch:  The Hidden Hazard

For many years, reducing or eliminating “bycatch,” unwanted fish or other creatures incidentally caught by fishermen while seeking other species, has been a goal of fisheries managers. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens), defines “bycatch” as “fish which are harvested in a fishery, but which are not sold or kept for personal use, […]

Stumbling Through Disaster

Stumbling Through Disaster

How I Spent my Time During California’s 2015-16 Dungeness Crab Fishery Closure There’s a children’s book called Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day that I used to read to my kids. We just had about 155 such days here in California. November Right before the commercial Dungeness crab season was about […]

Conservation vs. Preservation: Protecting Fish & Fishermen from Species Collapse

Conservation vs. Preservation: Protecting Fish & Fishermen from Species Collapse

On 4 May, U.S. Federal District Court Judge Michael Simon ruled for fishing and conservation groups on every major issue in a long-standing landmark lawsuit, National Wildlife Federation, et al. vs. National Marine Fisheries Service, et al., challenging the most recent version of the federal Columbia-Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan and Biological Opinion (the “Columbia […]