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Bring Back the Big Fish
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Protect the Prey Base
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Preserve Healthy Oceans
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Better Polices, Better Fishing
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Take Marlin Off the Menu
Fishery Council Undertakes New Plan for a Fish-Eat-Fish World
04/02/13 Little fish will take center stage at the Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Portland, Oregon next week. On April 9th, the Council will vote whether to take fisheries management in a new direction – one that takes into account the overall health of the California Current ecosystem, starting with protection..
Wild Oceans Receives Prestigious Conservation Award for Billfish Work
02/07/13 Wild Oceans chairman Tim Choate and president Ken Hinman attend the IGFA awards banquet in Dania Beach, Florida Wild Oceans received the International Game Fish Association's Conservation Award for 2013 at IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum in Dania Beach, Florida on January 25th. Wild Oceans ..
Menhaden Science Supports Conservation
05/14/13 By Ken Hinman Are Atlantic menhaden “overfished” or not? For the most important fish in the sea, that’s not what’s most important. What matters for menhaden and other forage species is whether or not we are leaving enough fish in the water to serve their vital role in the ecosystem. And we aren’t. Even the..
Entangled: Swordfish, Turtles & More
03/13/13 by Ken Hinman The Pacific Fishery Management Council recently took a pass on proposals to expand the use of drift entanglement nets off the west coast, opting instead for another year of study. I went to meetings of the federal council in Tacoma, Washington last weekend to testify in favor of phasing-out the nets e..
Future Brightens for Menhaden and Coastal Ecosystems
12/17/12 On December 14th, conservation of Atlantic menhaden finally entered the 21st century. A fishery that eluded catch limits for decades, even as menhaden numbers declined, now has a new abundance target that's four (4) times the current population and a coastwide catch limit, reduced by 20% from recent levels, to get menh..
United States Protects Imperiled Species: Billfish Conservation Act Becomes Law
10/06/12 Today, President Obama signed the Billfish Conservation Act into law, effectively banning the importation of all billfish into the continental United States. The signing marks the culmination of a united undertaking by a diverse coalition of angling and conservation organizations working in cooperation with a bipartisa..