Archive for May, 2008

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30


EU to make deeper cuts in fishing quotas
Reuters - 19 hours ago
By Jeremy Smith BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it will make deeper than usual cuts in fishing quotas in 2009 to tackle ...

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30


Turkish tuna fishermen ram boat into Greenpeace ship; no one injured
International Herald Tribune, France - 20 hours ago
The head of a main bluefin tuna fishing company in the Mediterranean, Ak Tuna Balikcilik, was at sea and could not be reached for comment, a company ...

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30


AN OUTDOORSMAN’S JOURNAL: Fishing tournaments require dedication ...
West Salem Coulee News, WI - 20 hours ago
Next, they thread up to a half dozen beads of which orange and chartreuse were common colors, attach a Colorado spinner blade of which “copper” was a hot ...

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30


Telegraph.co.uk

Tuna fishing ban for South Pacific zones
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 20 hours ago
By Nick Squires in Sydney Tuna fishing is to be banned in two huge areas of the South Pacific in an attempt to halt the chronic over-exploitation of the ...

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30


Court upholds fishing rights allocation
Independent Online, South Africa - 21 hours ago
The Cape High Court on Friday upheld Minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk's allocation of the long-term fishing rights to various companies. ...

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30


Andersson reels in Red Wings' big fish
RedWingsCentral.com, MI - 8 minutes ago
... the Red Wings organization in 1989 as a scout, Hakan Andersson was an international fishing guide, working for a Pittsburgh-based company, Frontiers. ...

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30

This really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that many of the same groups that sued the state of Maine last year over inadvertent trapping of Canada lynx, are once again threatening a lawsuit if the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife doesn’t immediately take actions to stop the trapping of the lynx. The Wildlife Alliance of Maine and the Animal Welfare Institute will join together to force the state to take action. “Lynx are still being taken illegally in traps set for o

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30

This really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that many of the same groups that sued the state of Maine last year over inadvertent trapping of Canada lynx, are once again threatening a lawsuit if the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife doesn’t immediately take actions to stop the trapping of the lynx. The Wildlife Alliance of Maine and the Animal Welfare Institute will join together to force the state to take action. “Lynx are still being taken illegally in traps set for ot

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30

Today the Atkinson family goes deep into the wilderness (actually it’s like 30 minutes from Dallas) - but it will be hot and dark and bug-filled, I’m sure. Nothing like camping with the family. The last time we were awakened during the night with raccoons scratching on the outside of our tent. Looking forward to fishing, reading, swimming and making Smores with the family.

posted by Jason Barrett on May 30

If I had more time and patience, and lived closer to the shore, maybe I'd learn how to fish. One of the guys who works at our local grocery store caught an enormous stiped bass the other day and was selling fillets from the fish counter. We bought one. It was good. I'd love to be able to go to the beach, cast into the surf, and catch a striper or a bluefish, or even a fluke, assuming you can catch fluke from the beach. Now would be a good time to try it. Blogs (like this one) and newspaper fish