Tippets: Texas Tough on Noodlers, Sustainable Cooking, The Ocean Grab

May 17, 2011 By: Marshall Cutchin

  • Texas seems to have it’s hands full with fishing legislation.  After pushing to criminalize lying in tournaments, now some want noodling banned.  The WSJ covers the fate of Hillbilly Handfishin’ in the Lone Star state.
  • NPR interviews Barton Seaver, author of the new For Cod and Country: Simple, Delicious, Sustainable Cooking.  “The bounty in front of us often belies the real truth under the water.”
  • NatureNews covers the recent phenomenon of politicians grabbing chunks of marine real estate for conservation: Are they grabbing the right parts?