New Ecosystem Plan for Menhaden
At The Crossroads by Ken Hinman On the long road to change, we encounter twists and turns, roadblocks and detours. Right now, on the way to changing the way we allocate Atlantic menhaden among fishermen and other predators in the ocean (e.g., striped bass), we are at a ...
NOAA Fisheries Cuts Safety Net for Pacific Whales and Sea Turtles
by Theresa Labriola For more than forty years, California fishermen have used mile-long drift gillnets to catch thresher shark and swordfish, a period during which most of the world banned drift netting, including off the east coast of the United States. That’s because driftnets indiscriminately entangle any large animal they encounter, ...
I AM WILD OCEANS
Wild Oceans welcomes Megan Carpenter! Megan, who is in her fourth year as a Biology Major at the University of Virginia, has joined our team as a Research Assistant. Climate change and warming ocean waters are affecting ocean life and the fisheries that depend on our marine resources. Through her investigations, Megan will describe these impacts and suggest potential fishery ...
The Value of Science
by Ken Hinman, President, Wild Oceans Science cannot teach us what we need most to know about nature, that is, how to value it. – Holmes Rolston There are three steps in the resolution of an environmental problem. First, of course, we must recognize that a problem exists. Then, we analyze and ...
Got Tuna?
TWO WAYS TO HELP SCIENTISTS STUDY PACIFIC TUNA by Theresa Labriola Anglers can help NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC or Center) with their research of Pacific Bluefin Tuna and Pacific Albacore. Here’s how. In recent years, Pacific bluefin tuna bigger than 150 pounds have schooled off of California. This year, ...
Remembering Chris Weld
One of the guys who started it all, who was there from the beginning, is gone. by Ken Hinman, Wild Oceans President Chris Weld, a co-founder of the National Coalition for Marine Conservation, now Wild Oceans, in 1973, died March 5th in Boston at the age of 84. When Susie ...
The People’s Choice for Menhaden
THE 75% SOLUTION INCLUDED IN MANAGEMENT OPTIONS On February 1st, the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board met in Alexandria, Virginia to review public comment on an array of options for changing the way we manage what is perhaps the most important forage fish on the east coast, and to decide which ...
A Bill to Bolster Billfish Protections
Amendment Clarifies Intent of 2012 Conservation Act by Ken Hinman, Wild Oceans President A rule to fully implement the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 had the ignominious honor of being the only proposed rulemaking left unfinished by the Department of Commerce before the change of Administrations in January. For four ...
I AM WILD OCEANS
“We took on 3 governments to help ensure a Wild Ocean for the next generation and we are just getting started.” How did an IGFA Hall of Fame fisherman and fishing resort owner add conservationist to his resume? By understanding that conservation is a gift to our children and their ...
Ocean Frontiers III Premieres Feb. 8th at the Virginia Aquarium
Experience a spectacular evening at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center for the World Premiere of Ocean Frontiers III. “If you are not at the table, you are on the menu.” This quote sums up why Wild Oceans believes that it is so important for anglers to stay informed about ...
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