All is not well in the bayous and marshes of Louisiana. Two of the state’s iconic saltwater fishes, red drum and speckled trout (more properly, spotted seatrout), are seriously declining. Louisiana’s state fisheries biologists, working with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, are trying hard to turn things around.
Unfortunately, while responsible members of the angling community are giving them solid support, they are running into strong political headwinds generated by some self-interested charter boat captains and, ironically, by some who claim to support “coastal conservation.
LINK (via One Angler’s Voyage)
