80 years of illegal (tarpon) immigration
They enter through Panama at the canal and head in both directions. Some go south, settling in Colombia and as far south as Ecuador. Others …
Tagfish in the news
Striped Bass Provides Huge Economic Benefits for U.S. Coastal States
A recent study commissioned by the McGraw Center for Conservation Leadership and conducted by Southwick Associates, the nation’s leading outdoor market research and economics firm, …
Rainbows being given the boot
Prized non-native trout are getting the ouster from the Snake’s South Fork, and fishery administrators are asking for acceptance. Every spring, cutthroat and rainbow trout …
Striped Bass is a Lousy Model for Recreational Fishery Management
Photo: bhcarmichael CC BY 2.0 The coalition of groups that wishes to dismantle the Magnuson / Stevens act likes to point to the …
“The first 200 times we just made smelly fish soups”
Meet the fish leather pioneers. Steinunn Gunnsteinsdóttir admits that it took her family more than a few attempts to be able to make leather …
This Fish Has Evolved to Thrive in Intensely Polluted Water
A small fish somehow evolved resistance to the heavily polluted water of the Houston Ship Channel by mysteriously acquiring genes from another fish from thousands …
Scotland’s salmon crisis
It is a grim picture across Scotland’s famous salmon fishing rivers, including the Spey and the Dee. JUst released official figures show that 2018 was the worst …
Atlantic salmon being dumped in the Piscataquis
For the first time in six years, Atlantic salmon are being stocked, on the main stem of the Penobscot River, to aid in federal and …
Virginia Marine Resources Commission takes action to protect striped bass
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted unanimously to enact an emergency closure for the spring recreational striped bass trophy season. The emergency measure will eliminate …
ODFW: Killing sea lions vital to saving fish
Killing one species to save another.