Category: Blog

Congress Steps-Up To Bring California Swordfish Fishing Into the 21st Century

Author: Theresa Labriola Posted Under: Blog, Swordfish, Sustainable Fishing Practices

New legislation will improve marine resource conservation and promote innovative new fishing gear by Theresa Labriola Last Tuesday, Senators Feinstein (D-Calif.), Capito (R-W.Va.) and Harris (D-Calif.) introduced the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act to phase out the use of mile-long drift gillnets in the eastern Pacific by 2020 and bring ...

I AM WILD OCEANS

Author: Theresa Labriola Posted Under: Blog, Wild Oceans

How did I get here? People wonder, “How did a New York lawyer wind up advising on the management of Pacific fisheries, striped marlin, long lines and drift nets?” My family’s boat rarely left the dock without me on board. Whether fishing for striped bass or tuna, in calm waters ...

I AM WILD OCEANS

Author: Wild Ocean Team Posted Under: Blog, Wild Oceans

It’s about connecting to the big picture. My greatest takeaway from 14 years in the public aquarium industry is the importance of connecting people, personally, to the wonder and beauty of the ocean world. Once that connection is made, a conservationist is born. I joined Wild Oceans in 2005, after ...

‘Natural Living’ Magazine Picks Top Environmental Non-Profits

Author: Ken Hinman Posted Under: Blog, Wild Oceans, Press Releases

WILD OCEANS NAMED ONE OF BEST NONPROFITS FOR DONATIONS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WATERFORD, VIRGINIA – Wild Oceans, a 45-year old organization dedicated to keeping the oceans wild to preserve the future of fishing, was just selected as one of the 12 Best Environmental Nonprofits to Donate to this Holiday Season by Garden Collage ...

ECO-FAIL

Author: Ken Hinman Posted Under: Menhaden, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Blog, Prey Base

Ecological Reference Points for Menhaden are Ready, But Menhaden Managers Are Not by Ken Hinman, November 17, 2017 Earlier this week, the ASMFC’s Menhaden Management Board, meeting in Baltimore to finalize Amendment 3 to its Atlantic Menhaden Management Plan, voted to wait at least another two years before adopting catch limits ...

For Menhaden, Time to Act is Here and Now

Author: Ken Hinman Posted Under: Menhaden, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Blog, Prey Base

Draft Amendment 3 to the Interstate Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden Finally Offers a Way to Protect “The Most Important Fish in the Sea” by Ken Hinman In nature, you cannot do just one thing, as Walter Youngquist puts it, because everything is connected to everything else.  That’s why you ...

The Pacific Bluefin: Down But Not Out – Yet

Author: Ken Hinman Posted Under: Blog, Tuna, Big Fish

With ESA Listing Denied, Attention Shifts Back to International Management Bodies   by Ken Hinman The U.S. government earlier this month denied a petition to list Pacific bluefin tuna under the Endangered Species Act, citing recent international actions that may have stabilized the population and could, if continued, put bluefin ...

New Ecosystem Plan for Menhaden

Author: Ken Hinman Posted Under: Menhaden, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Blog, Prey Base

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

Author: Theresa Labriola Posted Under: Blog, Councils, Sustainable Fishing Practices

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

Author: Megan Carpenter Posted Under: Blog, 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 ...