Tag Archives: overfishing
STRIPED BASS: Driving a Good Thing Into The Ground
Earlier this month the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), which essentially decides the fate of the striped bass population along the coast in terms of cull numbers, voted to increase the commercial catch quota. This despite evidence on the … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Save the World
Bluefin Love Story
Below is an interesting NPR podcast with Richard Ellis, author of Tuna: A Love Story. NPR PODCAST: Can the bluefin tuna be saved? Quote: “The tuna is better at what it does than what MIT could possibly create.” (Thanks to NH … Continue reading
Filed under Northeast, Offshore, Pimped Content, Save the World
Is the Bluefin Tuna Doomed?
The people in charge of protecting it seem to doing their best to drive bluefin to extinction. Read this article by noted marine biologist Carl Safina on Yale e360. Money Quote: A 43-nation commission has public-trust management authority and a … Continue reading
Filed under Offshore, Other Blogs, Save the World
Tuna Migration
Atlantic bluefin tuna are bicoastal, and paying for it.
Filed under Northeast, Offshore, Save the World
