FWC to take up Boca Grande tarpon protection issue

In a recent interview Kenneth Wright, Chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, says they're going to be taking up the issue of jig fishing for tarpon at their September meeting in Tampa. He's also looking into holding a tarpon summit and bringing together representatives of the Boca Grande Guides Association, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust as well as Professional Tarpon Tournament Series to get as many of the parties together to get the facts on the table.

Would love to be a fly on the wall at that gathering.

LINK (via: Boca Grande Talk)

Study: California must improve salmon, steelhead hatcheries

All current research suggests that hatchery salmon and steelhead degrade the runs of their wild counterparts. Now a major 2 year study has determined that California needs to dramatically reform its fish hatcheries in order to maintain healthy salmon and steelhead populations. 

LINK (via: The Miami Herald)

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Say cheese

Marine artist and "conservationist" Guy Harvey congratulates his daughter on her 600 pound swordfish. 

LINK (via: The Sun Sentinel)

Parasite Ridden Salmon Sold in B.C. Stores

Salmon farming giant Marine Harvest is having an issue with a flesh-eating myxosporean parasite called Kudoa thyrsites.  Kudoa causes post-mortem myoliquefaction (soft-flesh syndrome) in farmed salmon on sale in supermarkets and is causing a financial loss for Marine Harvest.

Costco’s manager admitted on the hidden camera that 1 out of every 200 fillets of farmed salmon on sale is infected with the parasite Kudoa.  “Some are more mushy than others,” he said.  “Some you pick up and they’re like paste.  Once every couple of days we get a few like this.”

According to Marine Harvest's annual report they spent 12 million dollars last year to get rid of infected fish and provide refunds.

LINK (via: Super Heroes for Salmon)

If liquified parasitic salmon at your local BC Costco was not bad enough.....

Norwegian fish farm virus found in BC fresh water lake.

South Carolina has a growing tarpon fishery

These two clowns are not helping.

The only thing more disturbing than this story about a couple of good ole boys stringing up a 127 pound South Carolina tarpon is some of the comments.

LINK (via: WISTV)

Northwest 'Salmon People' Face Future Without Fish

For Northwest tribes, salmon fishing is a way of life. But changes in the climate may be pushing the fish toward extinction.

LINK (via: PBS NewsHour)