NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard chimes in on Vermont’s current proposal to reduce their highest-in-native-range daily limit on brook trout in rivers and streams from 12 fish to 8 fish…
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The Massachusetts chapter of Native Fish Coalition is fortunate to have a skilled fabricator in their volunteer ranks…
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While NFC has no presence in the state, in August of 2020, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard entered into discussions with folks from The Greater Lake Superior Foundation in Minnesota…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard is on the cover of the May edition of Northwoods Sporting Journal, and his article on ME's rare wild native Arctic charr gets great placement in the very beginning of the magazine…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard writes about rare sea-run and other migratory brook trout in Hallowed Waters…
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By the time the federal government lists a species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, it has been deemed to be at risk of going extinct across all or a significant portion of its native range. State ESA laws are not intended to challenge federal listings, but allow for state-only listings, and up-listing (threatened to endangered), when the situation at the state level is worse than it is at the national level. Failing to list a federally-listed species at the state level flies in the face of the intent of both federal and state law…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard chimes in regarding the state of Maine’s ingoing refusal to list federally, and critically, endangered salmon as Endangered at the state level…
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Sadly, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) is once again telling anglers that fisheries need harvest to be healthy…
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November 2020. Looking for shore-spawning brook trout in the Lily Bay area of Moosehead Lake with a Gladius Mini underwater ROV. This area is now closed to ice fishing and will serve as a refuge for late spawning and overwintering wild brook trout. These trout are mostly 3 - 6 lbs. We later implanted radio transmitters in 8 of the males…
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Vermont NFC Chair Chris Owen sent an open letter to the media in regard to a current, and long-awaited, proposal by VT Fish & Wildlife to reduce their highest-in-native-range 12-fish daily limit on brook trout in rivers and streams…
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Sea-run brook trout, or salters, are best described as diadromous, fish that move between freshwater and saltwater. They are sometimes incorrectly referred to as anadromous — saltwater fish that spawn in freshwater, but salters live and spawn in freshwater, moving into saltwater for food and thermal refuge…
Epic’s 7’6” 4-weight 5-piece Studio Built FastGlass Packlight fly rod is the ultimate backcountry stream fly rod…
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NFC’s position in regard to hatcheries and stocking is well-documented. As we have said repeatedly, while you can stock yourself into trouble, you can rarely stock you way out of it…
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Our friends at the Cambridge and Boston Massachusetts Patagonia stores have recognized NFC as their Environmental Non-Prof of the Month…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard talks about “Social Engineering” as a management tool in Northwoods Sporting Journal as part of a monthly native fish conservation column.
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As part of a guest fish conservation column in Bangor Daily News, Native Fish Coalition Executive Director Bob Mallard challenges Maine Department of Inland Fisheries ad Wildlife in regard t harvesting fish…
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NFC believes that a well-designed and properly used net is good for fish, especially small ones…
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Bob Mallard reports in this, the sixth in our Conservation series, failures have occurred across the spectrum, with inconsistent and lackadaisical state management as well as regulatory confusion dictating outcomes…
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On Sunday we drew a winner for the Lacina custom trout net. A beautiful one-of-a-kind piece with an inlaid NFC logo, the winner, ticket #009, is Andrew from North Pole, Alaska…
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George Smith, Maine's most influential outdoor sporting figure, recently passed away. George was a friend of NFC, and a strong ally for native fish. He was a member of Maine NFC’s Advisory Council since soon after NFC was formed, and right up until he passed…
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