SATURATING MEDIA CAMPAIGN SET THE STAGE FOR 1990s GULF WARS The power of the individual foundation giant is enormous. When there is likemindedness among a group of these giants…the power is magnified hugely. When such foundations do good, they justify
LESSONS FROM “MISSING REDFISH”
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
– Mark Twain
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia says, “In the early 1980s, the chef Paul Prudhomme made his dish of Cajun-style blackened redfish (red drum)…
MID-1990s FISH FIGHTS BEYOND THE GULF OF MEXICO
The Gulf Wars Series is a historical record of the state-by-state fish fights that erupted across the Gulf of Mexico in the mid-1990s.
Sport-fishing-industry efforts to ban nets on the Gulf were naturally of interest to me because, at the…
OINK:ALLOCATING FOR MAXIMUM CONSUMPTION
Too much food in America, man. We got so much food in America we’re allergic to food.
—Chris Rock, comedian
As we’ve seen in “Slicing up the Pie,” allocational disputes aren’t always framed…
ALLOCATION: SLICING UP THE PIE
Allocation is the cornerstone of fishery management, yet it’s seldom discussed plainly in terms of “who gets what.”
Popular species of wild fish are typically shared by three major “user groups”: Private recreational fishermen, who catch fish for their own…
BALLOT BOX BIOLOGY or WE’RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON WHAT?
Fishery management is a science and an art that’s best left to those with knowledge and experience. Yet special interests are increasingly pressuring voters in coastal states to weigh in on complex fisheries-related issues.
That’s because the experts with knowledge…
GAMEFISH: A PRIMER
The recreational fishing industry’s latest push to win gamefish status for three of North Carolina’s saltwater fish prompts the question: “What’s it all about?”
In sporting terms, fish are considered to be “game” if they readily slam lures or baits…