Misplacing the Blame
(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 |
A Most Welcome Order
(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 |
Have a Grouperless New Year’s
(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.
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Two Huge Issues: Sweet Sugar and Sour Snapper
(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 |
Pleeeeze...Not Gill Nets!
(June 2008) Didn't we get rid of those nasty things? We did. But, as we warn in a conservation segment on our Florida Sportsman TV show, there's a stealthy move afoot to bring back the deadly entangling gear.
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Here They Come Again
(May 2008) Shooting the messenger is an old sport. But I hope you’ll hold your fire as I bring you a fresh warning that the No-Fishing Gang is coming your way with more sneak attacks.
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The Swedes Are Coming (or should be)
(April 2008) There’s one fact that our federal fisheries managers really don’t want to talk about, or even acknowledge. It would upset their fish sales cart. The long-ignored fact is that non-commercial fishing is actually far, far more valuable to society than is commercial fishing. ... [+] Read More |
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