Looking Back
Recently, I had the opportunity and privilege to attend the annual induction ceremony for the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame. I am ashamed to say that I have not attended many of these...
Ocean Planning Makes Sense
This is being written on what was going to be “Black Thursday.” The day the idiots in DC wanted to see what might happen if the United States welched on its promise to pay....
The F-word Again
The penalty for using the F-word when growing up was worse than having to wash one’s mouth out with soap. It usually meant getting grounded for some period of time and that meant...
Let’s Get Together
Recreational Fishing Community needs to find common ground with the Environmental Lobby This past week I spent some time in DC, common slang for our nation’s capitol and a place I like...
Big Fish May Spell Trouble
A slow bluefin tuna season with larger than average fish prompts concern The New England Bluefin tuna season has seen a slow start and it does not seem to have gotten a...
Bad Comparisons: Economic Value of Recreational vs. Commercial Fishing
Have you heard this one lately? “Recs just play with their food.” This has been a common misconception put out there by some who simply wanted more from any allocation of the resource between...
MRIP- Getting there!
Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) provides data for fisheries management Ok, you say. What the heck is MRIP. It stands for Marine Recreational Information Program and it is the process whereby NOAA Fisheries collects...
Knock Them Down
A couple of weeks ago I had to go to Washington, DC to testify in a Senate Hearing on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which is the federal law that governs fisheries in...
Fishy Business: Debates over Bluefin Tuna at ICCAT Annual Meeting
Well it must be summer time, which is hard to tell by the current weather. Rain, rain, and more rain. It must be summer because the different sides are turning up the rhetoric for...
