The current status of the mahseer is distressing

The species is being decimated due to indiscriminate fishing by netting, dynamiting and poaching, poisoning and diverting water flows for irrigation which is impacting its spawning, says Ravi Singh, secretary general and CEO, WWF-India.

A Project Mahseer, on the lines of tiger conservation, is urgently needed, according to conservationists and angling enthusiasts.

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Celebrity Mako

A possible world record mako caught by some reality TV fisherman is generating some buzz, and some debate, about their decision to remove it from the gene pool.

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A Kitty Runs Through It

A mountain lion was caught on video fishing a trib of the Blackfoot.

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Skeena sockeye Fishery Notice

Some potentially good news for Skeena steelhead.

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North Carolina Gamefish Bill Shelved

Despite the economic data supporting the designation of speckled trout, red drum and estuarine striped bass as gamefish, House Bill 983 was recently shelved by North Carolina lawmakers.

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Climate Change Threatens Extinction In Next 100 Years For 82 Percent California Native Fish

Start brushing up on your carp and bass skills.

“If present trends continue, much of the unique California fish fauna will disappear and be replaced by alien fishes, such as carp, largemouth bass, fathead minnows and green sunfish,” said Peter Moyle, a professor of fish biology at UC Davis who has been documenting the biology and status of California fish for the past 40 years.

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