The American Sportfishing Association reports over 3 million licensed anglers statewide. As such, the fishing industry collects over $800 million … Florida Oceanographic Society
Chicken and turkey farms abound in the south and are big business in North Carolina. North Carolina is ranked #3 nationally in Total Poultry Production, an industry worth an annual 3.3 billion dollars. But all is not well in the poultry industry. Since the economic downturn began in 2008 many North Carolina poultry farmers have lost their contracts and are struggling to survive. Converting their farms to fish farms may pardon the expression ākill two birds with one stone.āEditorial Staff
Do you hear the sound? Listen closely! Hear the sound of the worldās environmental and angling communities screaming at the top of their lungs over the destruction of some of the most prolific marine ecosystems on the planet? No? Neither do I. Quite frankly, after almost a decade since I first wrote about this matter, I have almost grown weary of wondering, āWhy donāt they care?āEditorial Staff
Coral Restoration Foundation Seeks to Restore Natural Reefs Through the Transplanting of Nursery Grown Coral With the ever increasing effects of climate change on the worldās seas and oceans, coupled with excessive pollutants and destructive fishing techniques, coral reefsāessential to marine as well as to human lifeā continues to diminish at an alarming rate. In some instances reefs are, literally, dying out.Editorial Staff
The Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier in Florida is often referred to as the "world's most dangerous pier" due to the high concentration of tiger sharks and other marine life in the area. A video posted on YouTube by Brant Peacher showed a massive tiger shark and "endless amounts of giant sharks" near the pier.Ā Ā Editorial Staff
Without a doubt, Alberta, Canadaās Bow River is a world-class trout fishery. Glacier-fed and flowing more than 350 miles from the Canadian Rockies through the foothills and prairies of Alberta, it is big and scenic by the time it reaches the 50-mile section southeast of Calgary that author Jim McLennan called āthe Blue Ribbon Bow.ā It is here in this blue ribbon stretch that anglers flock to get in on some of the best brown and rainbow trout fishing in the world.Editorial Staff