Just a quick dogfish fishery news post for your Friday afternoon. NMFS has released the spiny dogfish quota for the 2012 fishing season, and as expected the quota has gone up. This year (starting May 1st) the dogfish quota will be set at 35.694 million…
This week the U.S. Atlantic spiny dogfish fishery took another step towards becoming the second shark or ray fishery ever to earn a sustainability certification from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). The first was the Pacific spiny dogfish fishery, which turned out to be a…
What happens when a surf fisherman in Miami lands an enormous great hammerhead on Super Bowl Sunday? A conversation about regulations, engaging stakeholders, and my first attempt at Storify. Read on.
Chalk this up as yet another example of me missing the boat on something I should really be posting. Earlier, I posted on the recent dramatic increase in the spiny dogfish quota, then the closure of the fishery in North Carolina a mere three months…
Welcome to the first post in 2012. It’s probably good to start the new year off with a doozy, and in keeping with the theme of this blog, it involves that scrappy little shark everyone loves to hate. Spiny dogfish are possibly the most well-studied…
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) just can’t catch a break. Like their Pacific counterparts, Atlantic salmon are anadromous, meaning they live in the ocean as adults, but swim upriver to spawn. Despite having the evolutionary advantage of being able to spawn more than once in their…
It’s good to be back. Lots of news in the dogfish and shark fisheries while I’ve been busy. The ASMFC officially announced that they would be increasing next year’s spiny dogfish quota to 30 million pounds, up from the 20 million pounds this year. The…
Turns out moving apartments takes up more time than expected. Then you turn around and 12 days have passed. I’ve officially become one of those deadbeat bloggers I make fun of. Until I get a proper post, enjoy this interesting infographic from Pew.
Tip o’ the hat to Shark Advocates for bringing this to my attention. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council has tentatively approved a 78.5% increase in the Atlantic spiny dogfish quota for this year. This would bring the coast-wide…
This probably should have gone under the annual Southern Fried Science Week of Ocean Pseudoscience, but last week kept me busy enough to effectively prevent me from doing any writing here. For some reason, I’ve been hearing from multiple fishermen, people who have worked with…