Some dates are indelible: birthdays, the first day of spring, weddings, graduation. And they certainly can’t be ignored when the anniversary falls on a nice round number. This year we observe 40 years of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), a milestone in the history of the management and conservation of U.S. fisheries. Congress passed the original […]
Feds Finalize Ban on New West Coast Forage Fisheries For more than a decade, Wild Oceans has been a champion for a broader ecosystem approach to managing marine fisheries beginning with protections of predator-prey relationships. On April 4, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued the Final Rule protecting dozens of prey, or forage, species in […]
Striped Bass Photo by Capt. John McMurray Did you ever get a phone call that was so outrageous it forced you to experience confusion, anxiety, and rage, leading to an immediate headache all within about one minute? I had one of those calls a few days ago, and although the headache went away, the fear, […]
A Rare Opportunity Exists To Protect An Extraordinary Animal False albies are awesome… If you’ve ever stuck one, and listened to the sweet music of line screaming off your reel, you know this. Undoubtedly, they are, pound-for-pound, the strongest, fastest fish regularly inshore of 20 fathoms, and in many ways they are the perfect light-tackle/flyfishing […]
The second stop on the Young Fishermen’s Educational Tour after Boston was in our nation’s Capitol. The goal of the D.C. visit was for young fishermen to learn more about federal fisheries policy, including the Magnuson Stevens Act (our nation’s primary federal fisheries law that is up for reauthorization), and also to gain experience in […]
As a Massive Wind Farm Off Of Western Long Island Moves One Step Closer To Reality, We Should Support It If you’ve spent more than a few days on the water, you absolutely get it that the wind blows harder and more uniformly offshore. I’m frequently reminded of this simple truth by a dousing of […]
Photo: York Johnson with a 23-pound Tillamook Bay hatchery spring Chinook. I, maybe too often, tout myself as a proud sixth-generation Oregonian, deeply invested in the health and well-being of Oregon’s natural resources. Some would say I advocate for fish and wildlife for selfish reasons; I fish and I hunt. Call me greedy, my opponents […]
Photo: A young Bob Rees holding a couple of ocean-caught salmon out of Westport, Washington. We’ve all been privy to the recent conversations about “market correction,” or “housing correction.” Well, it appears it’s even a more global conversation. The question one might ask is, how high up the food chain will the correction go? Some […]
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