Folks tend to think of fishing as an innocent pastime, something that takes us back to a cane-pole childhood where cares were few and simple pleasures abundant. Unfortunately, today’s fisheries are as politicized as timber and oil production, with various interests each fighting for a share of the resource. Anglers must play a role in […]
Gulf Recreational Anglers Take Leadership Action One of the greatest tenets of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is its formation of the regional councils. The council process promises transparency in the management process by bringing state agencies and the region’s various stakeholders to the table to discuss the management decisions that will ultimately […]
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Lemon Shark Photo by Walt Stearns Open Season on Sharks: Unfair Fisheries Management Threatens Lemon Sharks, Ecosystems & Tourism In the first installment, I explained what scientists and angler/divers discovered about unique aggregations of lemon sharks in the vicinity of Jupiter. Because of archaic ways of valuing fish, these sharks are being decimated, despite ample […]
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Lemon Shark Photo by Walt Stearns Cooperative research off Palm Beach County, Florida yields important information about a vulnerable species On January 11th, 2001, I chanced upon something that had never been recorded in the waters off Florida’s southeast coast, near Palm Beach. On sand bottom, at a depth 87 feet were 40 — perhaps […]
When the House passed a bill earlier this year proposing changes to the nation’s fisheries law, the Magnuson Act, the vote went straight down party lines. YEA votes were 98% Republican, with only 5 Democrats on board. That seems like business as usual for Congress these days, but it wasn’t always so. The two previous […]
Working Together to Protect Fish and Wildlife Habitat I just got done reading an incredible story of a hunter in Montana who had a very good year; he harvested a mountain lion, a black bear and a 360 bull elk, all in one season. That’s quite an accomplishment, and even though I only know a […]
On Monday, December 7, the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight field hearing in Riverhead, New York. Entitled “Restoring Atlantic Fisheries and Protecting the Regional Seafood Economy,” it illuminated the debate surrounding reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens). The Committee had already approved H.R. 1335, the so-called Strengthening Fishing Communities […]
Avoiding Past Mistakes and Keeping The Debate over MSA Reauthorization Focused on the Future On December 7, 2015 the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources held what is called an “oversight hearing” titled, “Restoring Atlantic Fisheries and Protecting the Regional Seafood Economy.” Instead of being held in Washington DC, this was a “field” […]
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