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Wednesday
Jul232008

Cruise Ship Port of Call Snags an Angler

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Steven Sautner finds some time to cast a line while on a cruise to Bermuda.

Only a fool would cast a fishing lure from the ninth-floor balcony of
an anchored 923-foot cruise ship. But when a pack of voracious jacks
explodes under a school of bait — even if it is 70 vertical feet to the
water — the temptation can be too much.

Via: The NY Times LINK

Wednesday
Jul232008

Atlantic salmon returning to East Coast rivers

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Some good news on the Atlantic Salmon front.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation says rivers in eastern Canada have had some of the best wild Atlantic salmon returns in years. Via: The Boston Globe LINK

Tuesday
Jul222008

Aerial Photos of Washington's Coastline

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Another resource for you searun cuttie aficionados. LINK

Tuesday
Jul222008

The Complete Hatch - Insect lifecycle in a box

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My name is Kyle Shannon and I was so frustrated trying to
decode the secrets of "Matching the Hatch" that I felt something had to
be done. LINK

 

Tuesday
Jul222008

Spirituality Through Ethical Fishing Practices:David James Duncan’s The River Why

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An essay by Brently Johnson. LINK

Monday
Jul212008

Feeding the nation's hunger for Fillet of Fish sandwiches is killing endangered salmon

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In recent years, the fleet of about 100 pollock trawlers have
intercepted record numbers of salmon bound for rivers in Canada, the
Pacific Northwest, Asia and Alaska. Federal laws prevent them from
fishing for anything but pollock, so fishermen must throw the mostly
dead and dying salmon back into the sea.


King salmon bycatch - fishing jargon for the unintentional capture
of a species - in the Bering Sea pollock fishery rose last year to a
record 122,000, up from a previous 5-year average of 57,333. The
bycatch count for other salmon species hit a record 706,000 in 2005,
according to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

Via: The Seattle Times LINK