Welcome to: Fisheries Home

Read it today! Marine Issues - Why marine protected areas are needed.  If most marine waters are considered to be public property, why is it so hard for us to protect them. Explore the reasons why marine protected areas are needed, and the policies that have kept them from being adopted.

From the occasional weekend angler to the avid fly fisherman, recreational fishing is a frequent past-time, source of relaxation and food! Despite the secretive history of recreational fishing, we try to unravel some of the fishing mysteries by teaching you how to tie flies and other great lessons. For the die hard fisher among us there are travel and vacation tips too!

What was at one time one of the most dependable sources of income and food, has become increasingly volatile as fishermen now compete in the global market and fisheries are pushed to the brink of collapsing. Learn more about this sometimes dangerous, and often unpredictable trade. 

From the shorelines to the deep sea, aquatic and marine systems are covered by a variety of government agencies.  Here we explore a few of the laws that exist, why they exist and what their existence means to resource users and property owners.