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...

Amendment 7 could curb bluefin bycatch, but at what cost to anglers By now, it’s cliché to talk about how destructive and bycatch-prone surface longlines are.  But I’ll go...

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...

“Ever see any of those silver carp out here?  You know the ones that have knocking people out of their boats lately.” One night a few years ago a buddy...

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...

Chalk one up for the good guys and for fishermen who just can’t help showing off. Two Florida men who tried to illegally sell a 700-pound giant bluefin tuna...

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,...