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The upcoming mid-term elections have the potential to impact many aspects of life in the United States, incljuding fisheries management. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
There's not a lot of good news coming out about the striped bass fishery, and once the 2027 benchmark stock assessment comes out, that news might get worse. Some anglers are already talking about a moratorium to protect the fish. Is that a viable option? oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
A few days ago, a handful of businesses and organizations petitioned the Secretary of Commerce to ban reduction fishing for menhaden in the New York Bight. The petition was completelhy without legal or factual support, but that rarely stops anyone. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
Maryland's 2026 striped bass juvenile abundance index wasn't out for a day or two before someone started claiming that it represented "the new normal" and managers should start talking about changing the reference points and lowering target abundance. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
Ever since it became illegal to land shortfin mako sharks, common threshers have become the most-targeted large shark in New England and the uper mid-Atlantic. But management has not yet caught up to the species' new popularity. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
It's startling how many comments at fisheries hearings are based on bad information. Atlantic menhaden hearings seem to be particularly prone to such comments. But there is a new resource that will help stakeholders better understand fisheries science.oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
A new investigation of finfish aquaculture demonstrates why the United States should not be in a hurry to embrace the industry. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
Representatives of the commercial fishing industry have again brought a court challenge to NMFS' issuance of exempted fishing pemits authorizing a longer recreational season for South Atlantic red snapper, claiming that the permits violated federal law. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
When the ASMFC's Atlantic Menhaden Management Board meets next month, they will debate Addendum II to Amendment 3 to the menhaden management plan. But there is also a much more important issue on the agenda. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
A newly published scientific paper claims that the natural mortality rate used in the Atlantic menhaden stock assessment is far too high. However, the same assertions were made, and rejected, before the last assessment was completed. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
After a 32-year moratorium, Newfoundland's cod population has finally rebuilt to a level that can sustain some commercial fishing activities. Can U.S. fisheries managers employ similar means to achieve the same goal? oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
On Sept. 17, Donald Trump gave a gift to the fishing tackle and boating industries, in the form of an executive order that elevated their economic interests above the public interest in maintaining healthy fish stocks and sustainable fisheries. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
With some important menhaden votes on the agenda at the ASMFC's annual meeting, menhaden advocates are starting their campaigns to influence how those votes go. They seem certain about the right outcome, even if they aren't supported by very much science.oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
At last week's Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel, one NMFS biologist described the trials and tribulations of preparing a stock assessment for sandbar sharks, which should come out next year, while another discussed NMFS' plans to address depredation.oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
If courts in other states adopt the logic of the trial court in North Carolina, this decision could potentially lead to big changes in how state fisheries are managed. conservefish.org/2026/09/03/…
Reports out of Virginia suggest that individuals--presumably anglers--are again harassing and trying to impair the operations of the menhaden reduction fleet, despite a 2024 law increasing the penalties for doing so. Are they being incited? oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
On July 2 2026, NMFS released a "Leadership Message" that explained how it was planning to ease the regulatory burden on the commercial and recreational fishing industries. Unfortunately, it's shifiting the burden to the nation's living marine resources. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
People have been making a big fuss over sandbar sharks showing up off Connecticut and Rhode Island. They think it's unusual. What they don't realize is that what was really unusual were the times in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s when the sharks weren't there.oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit recently upheld the provisions of NMFS' South Atlantic red snapper management plan. In doing so, it helped to perpetuate the problems caused by vast quantities of recreational dead discards. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…
The current administration, acting through NOAA's Aquaculure Office, is promoting offshore fish farms for striped bass. The ASMFC is skeptical, recongizing that such farms create risks for wild striped bass, and doesn't support NOAA's effort. oneanglersvoyage.blogspot.co…