We really need to be careful here as we are now fighting for what we have been fighting against for decades: the introduction of nonnative fish...
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This shows once again that there are times when while the initial response from the powers that be is not always what you want to hear, things sometimes work out anyway…
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While a statewide catch-and-release rule for Arctic charr would be prudent when you consider how few there are and the problems we have had with them recently, it makes no sense to propose something that has no chance of sticking…
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While it’s not unusual to see sturgeon in the river, they are not commonly seen in the stream…
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While striped bass and other fish are worthy of consideration, like the bald eagle and North American bison, one species of fish stands above all others in regard to majesty, power, strength, and endurance: the Atlantic salmon…
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Many anglers can’t tell the difference between brown trout and landlocked salmon. However, they are separated from a regulations standpoint by DIF&W, each with its own general law. You could make the same argument for splake and lake trout…
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At this point in my life, I am far more concerned about fish than I am fishing. While the latter is not in trouble, the former is, at least with regard to wild native fish. The survival of several species of wild native fish found mostly in Maine are at risk. Others could become so if we are not careful…
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As a result of a high level of interest and unanswered questions from my recent article on Maine’s endangered redfin pickerel, I felt a follow-up was warranted to answer some of those questions and outline a path forward…
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The Heritage Waters IPA is now available at the brewery and retail outlets throughout Maine…
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Specifically, we will now show fish species in their actual size so as to help eliminate confusion and lessen misidentification…
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While chain pickerel are relatively common, redfin pickerel are listed as Endangered at the state level in Maine…
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While we hold a tournament to remove 3,000 wild native lake trout from Moosehead each winter, we stock 5,000 nonnative landlocked salmon a few months later each spring…
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Biologists have a term for stocking over wild fish: Supplementary stocking. We do it try to appease anglers who want more from the resource than it can naturally provide…
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In most states, wild native brook trout in rivers and streams are afforded the least protection of any salmonid and many other game species, including stocked and nonnative fish…
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Win an 8-foot, 5-weight, 4-piece Studio Built FastGlass unidirectional S2 fiberglass fly rod from Epic out of New Zealand, makers of NFC’s favorite glass fly rods…
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We need to stop doing that which has got us in trouble in the past, as nonnative fish are nonnative fish, no matter who puts them there or why…
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A recent Google Bing search in regard to “Maine 2023 fishing regulations” showed Maine NFC’s challenge to a recent flurry of negative changes. You can’t outrun the internet…
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As part of our ongoing efforts to bring the name fish conservation message mainstream, and beyond anglers…
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On November 11, 2022, Claude Z. Westfall of Orono, Maine, passed away. Most reading this will have no idea who Claude was, what he did for wild native fish, or what he is most famous for…
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The package increases bag limits and/or decreased minimum length limits on the majority of waters impacted. In fact, 88% of the wild native salmonid waters in the proposal (75 out of 85) will have their regulations liberalized…
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