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Review: “An Entirely Synthetic Fish”
MANY FLY FISHERS cut their teeth on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Therefore, to read a new history of that fish is both intriguing and unnerving, particularly when the author calls those fish “entirely synthetic.” But Anders Halverson’s An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World (Yale University Press, 2010), is hardly a criticism of the fish or the people who love to fish for them. Instead, it is a tale of how well intended programs have gone utterly wrong, putting the treasures of trout anglers at risk, while simultaneously spreading the joy of trout fishing around the globe.
Read more...Can Conservation Be Fun?
HOW CAN picking up trash be fun? Make it a contest... even a fishing contest. Such a competition doesn’t have to be sponsored by a big organization or offer expensive prizes.
Read more...“Cutthroats”
"AMONG THE HALF DOZEN or so standard questions fly fishers eventually get around to asking each other is, What's your favorite fish? Some say your answer to that will be deeply revealing — exposing you as a covert aristocrat if it's Atlantic salmon, a closet bubba if it's largemouth bass, or whatever — while others just think it might be interesting, but sooner or later, in one way or another, the question comes up."
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Jackson River Privatization Update
Where private property rights and public access and usage rights conflict, we often witness fireworks. Read more.![Menhaden[1]_Thumb](http://midcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Menhaden1_Thumb-100x100.jpg "Menhaden[1]_Thumb")
How Many Menhaden Do We Really Need? Part Two
Just about everything consumes menhaden, including stripers, flounder, tuna, crabs, and even pelicans. Menhaden are a major source of nutrition for a whole host of sea creatures in the Chesapeake Bay (and up and down the entire Eastern Seaboard). Read more.![Menhaden[1]_Thumb](http://midcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Menhaden1_Thumb-100x100.jpg "Menhaden[1]_Thumb")
