Archive for June, 2009

When ‘the law is a ass’
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Mr. Bumble, one of the characters in Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” commented that, “If the law supposes that … the law is a ass — a idiot.” So it is with Section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (Read More…)

Going once, going twice … sold!
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

In what we at the Recreational Fishing Alliance describe as a “pay to play” version of fisheries management, a Texas-based conservation group has recently gone on record with a radical new approach to managing the nation’s coastal fisheries, whereby access to the resource is offered to the highest bidder. (Read More…)

If only the sailing industry were hip and cool
Friday, June 12th, 2009

I recently received a magazine published by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors that is sent specifically to PADI dive shops for their dive shops’ eyes only. What a cool and hip magazine. (Read More…)