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Demystifying Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

Ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) became a major initiative of resource managers around the world beginning in the 1990s.  Unlike traditional management approaches that focused solely on the biology of a particular stock,

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Fishing with Bill Miller Report

Lots of tarpon have showed up right on time and with them come hungry sharks. Anglers tarpon fishing at the Skyway bridge out to Egmont Key are having a hard time getting a whole tarpon […]

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Lead Ban Could Reach California

Last Week the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced that common fishing tackle would remain on a list of consumer products marked to undergo a costly and onerous regulatory process, a reckless move […]

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Red Drum Facing New Federal Limits

The federal government’s management of Gulf fisheries has created some of the most chaotic, dysfunctional and unsatisfactory fisheries in the country, and now it seems that the agency is set on bringing that same experience […]

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Permit Conservation in Belize

Strike up another win for permit conservation! Thanks to the diligent efforts of a group of 10 anglers from the Washington, DC area, BTT just sent a 21 pound permit swimming away carrying a small […]

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How to Find Fish

In my book, Catching Made Easy, there are several chapters that will help learn how to find fish. We focus on developing a successful game plan, and touch on the importance of listening to your intuition. Then we dive […]

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Red Snapper Management in Florida- A Fiasco

As the owner and operator of a boat dealership in Tarpon Springs, I cringed when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently proposed a 70-day 2015 red snapper state-water season without once considering science […]

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Catching Lunker Seatrout

April and May are outstanding months to target trophy seatrout—fish from 8 to 12 pounds in the East Region. It’s the time of year when we see a lot of extreme low tides around the […]

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What size fishing line is that?

The line tightened and began to move sidewise. There was no doubt in my mind it was a nice redfish. The bite had been good back under the mangroves for several days and the expectation […]

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NOAA Kicks Off Update to Rec Fishing Effort Survey

NOAA Fisheries announced today it will transition from a telephone survey to a mail survey to gather data on fishing trips (effort) of Atlantic and Gulf Coast saltwater recreational anglers. During 2015-2017, NOAA will conduct […]

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The Largest Speckled Trout

I grew up fishing off the coast of North Carolina and since then fished my way across the entire coast to Texas. One of the places I haven’t fished yet is down the east coast […]

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Spooning Saltwater Species

Targeting redfish, speckled trout, snook and flounder in the saline shallows is commonly an exercise in covering, and subsequently eliminating water. True, it’s tough to beat a live shrimp, croaker or crab under a popping-cork […]

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Florida Fishermen Urge Congress to Protect America’s Fisheries, Consumer Access and Thousands of American Jobs

Members of the Seafood Harvesters of America will be in our Nation’s capital next week as part of the organization’s “National Outreach Days,” urging Congress to uphold the landmark Magnuson Stevens Act (MSA) and protect […]

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Listening for Cod in the Gulf of Maine

“I’m a semi-retired fisherman,” said Frank Mirarchi, “but not willingly.” Mirarchi is a commercial fisherman out of Scituate, Massachusetts. He’s fished his whole life for Atlantic cod, the species that famously supported generations of New […]

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Squirefish on Light Tackle

Using only 2 kg (4 lb) line, Linda McKenzie skillfully played this potential world records snapper (squirefish) (Pagrus auratus) for nearly an hour before she finally landed the 9.22 kg (20 lb 5 oz) fish. […]

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MANN’S INTRODUCES SALTWATER GHOST

Destined to be a best seller around marshy inshore redfish, trout and even snook fisheries. The Saltwater Ghost from Mann’s offers anglers yet another choice for pulling finicky fish out of tight cover. The Saltwater […]

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Tackle Busting Redfish

“There has to be a way to land more of these tackle busting Redfish”. That is the question every angler has asked after battling the powerful redfish. When it comes to redfish success heavier tackle […]

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The Future for Australian Anglers

The management of natural resources, whether on land or in water, is an extremely complicated endeavor. Scientists and policy makers have to take into consideration of the countless scientific, socioeconomic and even cultural factors that […]

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The Deadly Menace of Discarded Fishing Line

Each spring staff and volunteers from New Smyrna Beach’s Marine Discovery Center go on a search and rescue mission for fishing line, and each spring they retrieve literally miles and miles of dangerous monofilament and […]

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Fishing with Bill Miller Report

The right combination of water temperature, easterly winds in the morning and westerly wind in the afternoon has brought migrating bait fish to our local coast lines and with them have come lots of king […]

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Chasing Midnight Silver

I’m a fishing adrenaline junkie. I’ll admit it to you before we dive into the depths of chasing this addiction. Based out of the warm, sub-tropical waters of Southwest Florida, I have spent countless sleepless […]

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Seeing is Believing

Somewhere off the Atlantic coast of Florida, a fishing boat bobs in the swell, and Nate Bacheler helps swing a fish trap over the side. It’s a big metal cage shaped like a giant arrowhead, […]

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Red Snapper Scheme Could Destroy Fishery

Press Release Received By ODU: Seafood Harvesters of America President Chris Brown issued the following statement regarding an outline put forward by the fish and wildlife managers from five states that would allow for a […]

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ASA/KAF – Stop the Biscayne Fishing Ban

The National Park Service has chosen to ignore input from recreational anglers, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and even the park’s own working group and is moving ahead with plans to create a […]

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Fishing with Bill Miller

#‎Sailfish‬ made an appearance this week reports Maximo Marina. Art Hysop and Joey Burgess were bottom fishing for ‪#‎hogfish‬ 20 miles out and decided to put out a top line with a white bait on […]