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Stories by Dick Russell

Dick Russell

Words of a Fisherman: Time to Let Stripers Be

December 12, 2019
Dick Russell

Thirty-five years ago this January, 
 a five-year moratorium on the taking of striped bass went into effect in the state of Maryland. Other states, including Massachusetts, soon followed suit with...

Conservation Is Essential to Save the Striper

October 31, 2013
Dick Russell

The same week the 68th annual Vineyard derby came to a close, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced results of its 58th annual young of the year survey of striped bass in the...

Bottom of Food Chain is Top Priority

December 20, 2012
Dick Russell

On behalf of a little baitfish that’s not consumed by humans, it was amazing to witness 350-plus fishermen gathered in a Baltimore hotel conference room on Dec. 14. The 15-member Atlantic...

Menhaden Harvest as Fish Oil Jeopardizes Ocean Food Chain

October 18, 2012
Dick Russell

For centuries, probably millennia, the small, oily fish known as Atlantic menhaden have been the protein-filled food of choice for striped bass and many other large species in our waters. Fishermen...

Fishing Striped Bass: A Polarizing Issue - Dwindling Numbers Require New Limits

March 1, 2012
Dick Russell

Figures recently released by a federal monitoring program should have more than raised loud alarm bells: total catch of striped bass by recreational fishermen in Massachusetts has fallen by almost 84...

Striped Bass Population in Major Decline

September 9, 2010
Dick Russell

Farewell Sunday on Martha’s Vineyard   Martha’s Vineyard rested quietly in the golden haze of her warmth, Her sandy thighs cooling in the wide blue-white wash of the sea. The...

Island Cormorants: Not Fair Game

July 30, 2009
Dick Russell

The anti-conservation comments made by fishing charter Capt. Buddy Vanderhoop in the July issue of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine about shooting cormorants are outrageous. “...

Saving Stripers Will Require Tighter Net of Regulations

February 5, 2009
Dick Russell

Twenty-five years ago, the striped bass were on the verge of disappearing altogether from our waters. Federal scientists trying to pinpoint a cause listed pollution in the Chesapeake Bay...

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