Sawfish…
To Save Sawfish from Jordan Kahn on Vimeo.
Ecology
Color me pissed off…
As someone who fishes and spearfishes I am not unfamiliar with those who find nothing wrong with eating fish but think that fishing and spearfishing is wrong and damaging to the ecology… Fact is, most of the pressure on our fish stocks come from pollution, commercial over-fishing, and bycatch. During my college days I worked …
Getting started with spearfishing…
Easily the most eco-friendly way of putting fish on the dinner table is spearfishing… Sadly, spearfishing has many adversaries who have spread a lot of propaganda that makes far too many people believe just the opposite. As a result, there is both a certain social stigma as well as far too many anti-spearfishing laws. The …
More on fishing line…
Eagle Claw has recently come out with a new 100% biodegradable fishing line called Bioline… Which is very good news! Not so good news, is that for the moment it is only available up to 12 pound test. That said, we now have an alternative for all of our light fishing needs and hopefully, in …
Scary fact…
Did you know that it takes modern fishing line over six hundred years to break down? That is seriously scary and I’d have guessed a couple of years at most the way plastics are affected by UV and suchlike… Something to think about when disposing of fishing line and leaders!
Palau does the right thing… shark sanctuary
A really good thing… The BBC has the story!
Follow the money…
Back when I was in journalism school I had a teacher whose ongoing mantra was “follow the money” and never tired of reminding us if you wanted to get to the bottom of any story involving what government and our elected officials did, the answer would always involve someone making money. Lots of big money …
Follow the money…
Mitsubishi now has a 40% share of the Bluefin Tuna market… Very scary stuff! More over at Moldy Chum…
A needful film… “The End of the Line”
Trailer for the film “The End of the Line“ See it if you can…