(May 2009) On the release vs. keep question, I’d say that means kill but don’t overkill. Meantime, I’m keeping the grill handy. ... [+] Read More

(April 2009) You can count on federal fish mismanagers to continue their bizarre claims that red snapper and grouper stocks are severely overfished. ... [+] Read More

(March 2009) More devastating closures and limits for recreational anglers while protecting big-scale commercial hauls. ... [+] Read More

(February 2009) This new Reserve could transform the immense property (the size of many state parks combined) into a natural wonderland, while at the same time provide vitally needed basic benefits of the Missing Link flowway. ... [+] Read More

(January 2009) Dang, I sat down to write a blue skies and happiness column, and along comes a fancy, expensive new study called “Oceans of Abundance.” There went my attempted good humor. ... [+] Read More

(December 2008) It may seem too good to be true, and I realize that such seems often turn out to be just that, not true, but a new Presidential executive order may well stop more No Fishing Zones from being imposed. ... [+] Read More

(November 2008) Don’t plan on taking home a single east coast grouper on New Year’s Day. For the first time, grouper fishing will be banned on Atlantic waters, for at least four months starting Jan. 1. ... [+] Read More

(October 2008) As the broken federal fisheries machine bumbles ever onward, anglers can prepare to hand over more than 65 percent of all Gulf grouper to a small number of commercial interests. Permanently. ... [+] Read More

(September 2008) There are dark clouds of closure hanging over Florida fishermen, although we can look at some rays of sunshine as well. ... [+] Read More

(August 2008) 1. Governor Charlie Crist announced out of the blue that the state has quietly cut a deal to buy roughly half of Big Sugar. 2. Also stunning, but in a very negative way, are plans by federal fisheries managers to impose ill-advised closures on red snapper and grouper. ... [+] Read More