Markup of Sustainable Fisheries Legislation Underscores Urgency of Climate Change
First signed in 1976 and reauthorized twice, the Magnuson-Stevens Act is the landmark law that guides the long-term sustainable use of our ocean fish resources. …
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The Freshwater Stream podcast: Wild salmon, watersheds & climate change
In this episode of The Freshwater Stream podcast guest host Anna Kemp spoke with Vancouver Island biologists Tim Kulchyski, Tom Rutherford, and Tanis Gower about …
New study predicts dire future for Montana trout anglers
There’s good news and bad news for anglers and residents of Montana. The good news? According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey …
Wild, Native Brook Trout and Why They Are So Ecologically Important
Poets sing of them. Anglers covet them. The fact that they still survive at all in this stressed-out twenty-first century world all across their Appalachian …
How to protect Maine’s brook trout
Brook trout are usually good indicators of the health of an aquatic ecosystem. But the fish that once swam happily in streams in western Maine …
Drought, heat and fire prompt fishing ban on 120-mile stretch of Colorado River
Sign of the times… Colorado wildlife officials on Wednesday urged anglers to avoid fishing along a stretch of the Colorado River because of low flows …
Point of No Return on Climate Change Nearing
There’s nothing mysterious about what it will take to limit climate change: The world needs to transition away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy. But …
Fish Are Losing Their Sense of Smell Thanks to Climate Change
There have been numerous wake-up calls about the effects of climate change on marine life. As ocean waters heat up, they are bleaching corals. Growing levels of …
Our climate plans are in pieces as killer summer shreds records
Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden and down to Greece on the sunny Mediterranean. Drought …
The Fighting Has Begun Over Who Owns Land Drowned by Climate Change
One April morning in 2016, Daryl Carpenter, a charter boat captain out of Grand Isle, La., took some clients to catch redfish on a marsh pond …