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Bob Mallard followed up NFC’s written opposition with an Opinion Editorial, or OpEd, in the Concord Monitor, the newspaper serving the state capital...
Regardless of intentions or any challenges, leaving a wild native brook trout stream blocked from fish passage in the middle of the summer is not something you should ever do…
After reading a story about Maine stocking PFAS contaminated waters with trout, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard decided to take a closer look…
Wanting to understand how this ill-advised and as likely to fail as not proposal got through the checks and balances…
If we truly want to discourage illegal nonnative fish introductions, we need to lead by example and walk the walk not just talk the talk…
While recreational angling may not be the biggest threat to Maine’s redfin pickerel, we believe some threat remains…
NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard addresses a proposal to stock lake trout in Haymock Lake in Maine…
While major strides have been made in the last two decades, Maine’s management of the dangerous use of live fish as bait still falls well short of what is needed…
South Carolina NFC board member Amanda Hoffner, also known as Lady Tenkara Bum, talked about the importance of native fish in a recent article in Tenkara Angler…
NFC ED Bob Mallard dove into Maine’s wanton waste law to understand what is and is not covered…
After two articles by NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard, one stating the problem and one offering solutions…
You could say the same thing about Maine in regard to wild native brook trout: “As Maine goes, so goes brook trout”...
NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard chimes in on Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife proposal to exempt 5 waters from the North Zone bass tournament prohibition…
…the changes look to align management with Maine's 2021–2035 Statewide Fisheries and Hatcheries Management Plan…
While not afraid to challenge the powers that be when they do something that negatively impacts wild native fish, or promotes nonnative fish at a time when they are the #1 immediate threat to such…
South Carolina NFC Chair Will Mundhenke recently had an article on redeye bass published on the Mossy Oak blog…
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...
More natural than conservation hatcheries, these surrogate waters are not without their own risks. And the biggest risk of all could be government agencies misusing them…
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…
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…
At its best, the Zealand River in New Hampshire’s White Mountains is the perfect wild native brook trout stream. At its worst, it is one of the most distressed rivers in the region…
In order to take the next step, those working to conserve naturalized nonnative fish will have to adjust their strategy. Until they do there will be offsetting activities that work against the conservation and restoration of wild native fish…
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…
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…
The watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale) is a small fish that occurs in only four springs in the Black Warrior River drainage in Alabama…
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…
Allowing harvest on all waters as was proposed is akin to restricting all waters to catch and release or fly fishing only. We would never do the latter, nor should we ever do the former...