Billfish Conservation Act of 2010
There is a new piece of billfish conservation legislation that has been introduced into the US Congress that if passed, will prohibit the commercial harvest, sale and inportation of billfish throughout the US. Currently you can catch and sell marlin, sailfish and spearfish caught in the Pacific. The picture above was taken in January 2010 [...]
The Last Great Billfish Tournament
Fishing for big game fish like blue marlin is a sport made famous by Ernest Hemmingway and Zane Grey in exotic places like Cuba, Cabo Blanco and Tahati. Their stories like The Old Man and the Sea are classic man versus sea creature sagas that have captivated fishermen with tales of great physical pain, danger [...]
54 South, 70 West…
54 degrees South is pretty far South. Santiago, Chile is 33 degrees South. Hobart, Tasmania is 43 degrees South and Capetown, SA is a mere 34 degrees South. We are in the land of fire as it was called by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520: Tierra Del Fuego. And our exact location is on the [...]
Rio Parana, Argentina Update
We just returned from 6 days on the Rio Parana in northern Argentina where we stayed at the home of Peto Nogare in Itati (see green placemark on map below). The river is the border between Paraguay and Argentina, home to dense jungles along the banks, massive estancia rice plantations further inland and a drug [...]
Fall is coming to Jackson
Fall is coming to Jackson, Wyoming these days. The temperature drops down below freezing each night, bull elk can be spotted in groups roving around and the bison are on the move. We are still working on the Henrys Fork. Our last aerial flight was a BAP low altitude photo recon of the Henrys [...]
Spring Runoff almost over…
The Spring runoff continues here on the Snake River. The flows have dropped considerably but we still have one more peak to get thru before the river flows begin to subside. The weather has been cloudy and cool with light rain for the past week thus we have not been able to fly the balloons [...]
Spread Creek Recon
We are up and running full speed here in Jackson Hole for the summer focused on a couple of key conservation projects. Along with the work on the Caldera Project on the Henry’s Fork, we are also exploring and baselining a few critical cutthroat trout spawning creeks in the Snake River ecosystem. One of those [...]
Snake River Spring Runoff Update
It is that time of year when I start planning for the summer work in the Wyoming and Idaho. And working there is always about the snow melt runoff. Above is the latest report on the Snake River drainage and resevoir levels. Water storage has been high all thru 2008 and this year looks like [...]
Native Fish: Do we “Save our Stripers”? California moves…
While East Coast fishermen are trying to make Striped Bass a gamefish, people in California are trying to do the opposite: remove striped bass from protected gamefish status so they can be totally eradicated from the state. Crazy you might ask? If California yet again trying to lead the nation in what is fashionable? For [...]
Fish vs humans – Patagonia style
Figure from GESA courtesy of Miguel Pascual Miguel Pascual is a real scientist. A graduate of the University of Washington’s Fisheries Department, he knows the science, the ecology and the issues. He deals with what is today rather than what we would like it to be in the future. Many of us do not live [...]
Rio Santa Cruz Update
We have been down in Southern Patagonia on the Rio Santa Cruz just 30 km from the Atlantic Ocean. We came here to spend some time with Professor Miguel Pascual who is one of the foremost fisheries biologist in South America. We spent a day on the river and participated in their research program to [...]
Freshwater Native Fish
Native fish are what conservation is all about for Marine Ventures. Hatchery fish are a form of entertainment provided by the government to help people forget that we all killed off the native fish. This includes my home state of NC, most of Wyoming, the Henry’s Fork of Idaho, most of the South Fork of [...]
Geotagged Photos of Esteros and Rio Parana
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Rio Parana Update
We have been on the Rio Parana for the last 6 days without internet access so forgive the lack of posting. We spent 5 1/2 days on the river with Pinti and Peto – two local guides who know the river and it’s history. We did fish a while each day and caught dorado and [...]
