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Conservation

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Do Innovations in Land-Based Salmon Farming Spell the End of Open-Water...

Net-pen style salmon farms seem to be on their way out after pressures from conservationists and animal rights groups mount in the wake of...
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China to Ban Single Use Plastic Bags & Straws

For years, China has struggled with the garbage that its 1.4 billion citizens generate. Hell, the country's largest trash dump is the size of...

Trump Administration’s Dirty Water Rule Finalized

"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it." Back in 1976, Norman Maclean understood the interconnectedness of the waters of...

Wine Spill Puts Russian River Trout, Salmon Under Threat

Well, this is certainly a type of chemical spill we didn't think we'd be covering. On January 22nd at Rodney Strong Vineyards, a blending...

Cooke Aquaculture Approved to Farm Steelhead in Puget Sound

Yes, that's the same Cooke Aquaculture, who's net-pens collapsed in the very same body of water, releasing hundreds of farmed Atlantic Salmon into the...

Another Net Pen Salmon Farm Fails, Releasing 73,600 Salmon

Featured image: Mowi's Colonsay, Scotland net farm How many more times do net-pen-style salmon farms have to fail for them to be banned? The practice...

Florida to Purchase 20,000 Acres of Everglades Wetlands to Protect from...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has just announced a deal with a real estate company in which the state of Florida will purchase 20,000...

New U of Miami (FL) Study Shows International Movements of Tarpon,...

Image from the University of Miami For many years, it has been speculated that adult tarpon migrate vast distances during their annual runs. Last week,...

Redfish Landed with Illegal Gig Sticking Out of It’s Head

Gigging for redfish in Florida is illegal, let alone gigging a redfish that is out of the slot limit the state imposes. After seeing...

The Threat of Twin Metals’ Mine is Becoming a Serious Reality...

Minnesota, otherwise known as "the land of 10,000 lakes," is rich in outdoors tradition, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) is one of...

The “Mind the Redd” Movement

If you have been fishing around Colorado or in one of the nearby states you have maybe spotted a Mind the Redd sticker (like the...

Peter Moyle Named Fly Fisherman Magazine’s Conservationist of the Year

Featured image: John Sherman for Fly Fisherman Magazine Peter Moyle is a very well known name in conservation circles, especially when speaking about cold water...