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When “free” isn’t free

By Candus Thomson, Outdoors Baltimore Sun, June 18, 2010 So New York lawmakers and leaders of the Recreational Fishing Alliance are drooling all over themselves because the state Senate passed a bill to repeal its $10 saltwater fishing license and replace it with a free angler registry. As Bugs Bunny would say, “What a bunch of maroons.” Lucky for [...]Read original article

 

States Schedule Hearings on Striped Bass Commercial Increase: Public Comment Accepted Until Oct 1

States Schedule Hearings on Striped Bass Draft Addendum II: Public Comment Accepted Until October 1Read original article

 

STRIPED BASS TAKE A BEATING IN NY-BIGHT EEZ

An unsustainable number of pre-spawn bass are being slaughtered in an illegal fishery, and law enforcement could care less.Read original article

 

ASMFC Continues Effort to Increase Commercial Bass Harvest

Gamble to increase commercial take by up to 50 percent heads for public hearingsRead original article

 

ASMFC Approves Commercial Increase Addendum for Public Comment

See below…  Fishing hard and trying to keep my head above water at my day job, so no time to comment in detail on this right now, but any regular reader of this column knows what the deal is.  Very quickly, before reading the below press release, keep in mind that there is some new news [...]Read original article

 

IS OBAMA BANNING FISHING!?

A widely inaccurate ESPN article sets off national panicRead original article

 

BLUEFIN LOSE AT CITES

Once again, short-term economic interests trump conservationRead original article

 

MORE BAD NEWS FOR STRIPED BASS…

Well… I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. Yesterday, the ASMFC Striped Bass Management Board passed a motion by a narrow 8 to 7 margin to create an addendum to increase commercial harvest.Read original article