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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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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…
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The Native Fish Coalition’s mission is to protect, preserve, and restore wild native fish populations through stewardship of the fish and their habitats. Founded in 2017, the group is largely made up of fly fishing and conservation enthusiasts from the Northeast US. They’ve dedicated their work to the memory of Dr. Robert J. Behnke, a prolific fisheries biologist, and hero to trout fishers everywhere…
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But they persist in Maine, home to 90 percent or more of the salters found in America today, as much by accident as design…
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After decades of increasing protections for Maine’s unique salmonid resources, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) is now in a pattern of liberalizing regulations under the guise of “simplification” and “opportunity”…
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U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today introduced the River Democracy Act to add nearly 4,700 miles of rivers and streams in Oregon to the national Wild and Scenic Rivers system – the largest Wild and Scenic Rivers effort in our nation's history…
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A New Hampshire legislator recently advanced a piece of legislation for an individual that would redefine the meaning of brook trout. While well-meaning, and timely as it opens the door for further discussion, it is not the way to do it for several reasons, and it is likely DOA…
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I enjoyed the book immensely, and was just sitting down to write a review of it for this week’s post…when in my inbox came an email from the author himself! Matt is studying Redeye Bass for his PhD at Auburn, and we made plans to chat about research, but I couldn’t help asking for a Q-n-A. I had a few questions to ask Matt about this cool group of species, and how he came to write the book…
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NFC knows the path they have chosen is daunting. To assure progress they have assembled a small but dedicated core group of enthusiastic members and supporters in Pennsylvania and other states to move their mission forward…
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The name rolls off the tongue like cool water slides through mossy cobbles in a shaded mountain stream. And fitting that it should; it translates to little salmon of the fount, or spring. Eastern brook trout is a member of the salmonid family and shares many physical characteristics, but it is neither a salmon nor a trout. Fish in the Salvelinus genus are collectively called char and, along with the brook trout, include bull trout, lake trout, dolly varden, and Arctic char…
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Before you can get people to work to protect something, you need to let them know they are there…
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The intention is to raise awareness of wild native fish, raise some money for wild native fish, while emphasizing small wild native fish as something worthy of attention…
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While much of our emphasis is on habitat, nonnative fish are arguably the biggest threat to our native trout today…
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How many know that in some states you can stock pretty much whatever you want in a private pond, and without notification, regulation, or oversight, and regardless of any potential impact to public waterways…
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While most Maine conservation non-profits are focused on habitat, the number one threat to our wild native fish is nonnative fish introductions, not habitat degradation…
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