You might be saying goodbye to fishing in the U.S.A. and you can thank the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Obama administration. No Great Lakes? No coastal areas, oceans or inland waters? This will only hurt our small family business’ and our hard working middle class. You already tax the shit out [...]

Protect the Upper Delaware River Watershed from Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling
Stone Energy Corporation is requesting permits for two Marcellus Shale gas drilling projects in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. One is to legalize a natural gas exploration and development project at an existing well site and the other permit seeks to withdraw 700,000 gallons of water per [...]

ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2010) — Dead and deformed fish indicate selenium pollution from mountaintop coal mining is causing permanent damage to the environment and poses serious health risks, says a Wake Forest University biologist who will brief U.S. Senators on his research Feb. 23.
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In this issue of This is Fly we rip through the backcountry of the Rockies with Chris Andlein and go deep in the frozen land of Austria with Christof Menz. Too cold for you? Why not catch some big waves and bones with Coach Duff in Hawaii. Have you ever seen a freight train with [...]

The Government of The Bahamas is not minded to permit the use of purse seine or net fishing within the waters of The Bahamas.
This method of fishing could result in the possible depletion or signification reduction of the fishing stocks in Bahamian waters. Having regard to the importance of sportfishing to the Tourism Industry, the [...]

TOPSAIL ISLAND, N.C. – The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center has filed a lawsuit in federal court asking the State of North Carolina to stop authorizing gill net fishing in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The lawsuit cites studies by the National Marine Fisheries Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]

The European Commission is proposing a ban on commercial bluefin tuna fishing to save the fish from possible extinction, but several countries, one being Japan, strongly oppose the move. France is in favor of the ban but for a limited time only. Bluefin tuna stocks have dropped 80 per cent in the last few decades.
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When U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., visited with the Kalamazoo Gazette’s editorial board on Monday, one issue that came up among both board members and readers is the growing concern over Asian carp getting into Lake Michigan. We’ve written editorials demanding that a way be found to keep the carp from getting into the lake. [...]

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