Report Your Bluefin!
With reporting compliance comes better data There is a lot going on with bluefin tuna right now. Not only is there some new science refuting some of the old ideas we had about...
We Can Restore River Herring!
But the Mid Atlantic Council and NOAA Fisheries need to step up If you’ve been lucky enough to be there when river herring (bluebacks or alewives) clash with striped bass you know why...
Striped Bass Gamefish Rationale
A case can be made, but it’s not the one we’re making In my Aug 8th blog The Straight Dope on Striped Bass I mentioned “Assuming striped bass continues to decline, there is a rationale for...
On LNG… What is RFA Thinking?
Liberty Natural Gas’ “Port Ambrose” just seems bad all around I had to do a double-take when I opened a New York Times link last week to read an article: Fight Over Plan for...
The Straight Dope on Striped Bass
Forget about slot limits and gamefish… address fishing mortality! Having served on the ASMFC Striped Bass Advisory Panel for 6 years (not to mention having pretty much built a business on striped bass)...
This is What Rebuilt Fisheries Look Like
The Magnuson-Stevens Act is working, let’s not mess it up. I’m Captain John McMurray and this is my blog. I’ll be posting here once a week, save for those “emergency” circumstances where I’m on...
