Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:01AM Southern Oregon is beginning to get a reputation as a place where efforts to improve fish passage are succeeding. And two significant dams in the Rogue watershed are coming down this summer.
LINK (via:OPB)
dam removal, damnation in Dams Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:00AM 
Research on wild fish populations is adding to a growing body of evidence that human activities—particularly polluting the environment—can spur rapid evolution in complex life-forms.
LINK (via:Scientific American)
fish in the news, fish science in Science Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:00AM 
A new benchmark stock assessment for bluefish has just been completed. The assessment is so new that the entire document is not yet available, although a summary has been posted onthe Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s website.
However, even the summary confirms something that anglers and fisheries managers have both known for years.
Bluefish are predominantly a recreationally caught species, with recreational harvest making up approximately 80% of total removals in recent years.
LINK (via: One Anglers Voyage)
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 11:04PM ;)
The Lowcountry gang is throwing a party and a little film fest in Charleston, Sep 9th. All vids to be unseen and in by Sep 1st.
Send your Vimeo link to puckett@floodtideco.com or mail portable drive to:
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 11:00PM 
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is backing a new app to help officials better monitor and manage endangered species. The GPS-enabled app will allow fishermen to log encounters with some 50 at-risk species while on fishing trips.
LINK (via:UPI)
fish in the news, fish tech in Tech Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 11:00PM Project Healing Waters and the Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders team up with Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia for a day of fly tying and helping veterans heal.
