CONSERVATION ARTICLES BY CAPT. JOHN MCMURRAY

Capt. John McMurray's "3rd" and related career is that of a freelance writer.  McMurray has written well over 100-acticles on fishing and marine fisheries conservation.    He has become a well known and well respected outdoor writer over the years.  In 2006 he won the Coastal Conservation Association New York Friend of Fisheries Conservation award (click here to see press release). 

John writes the Resource Column for Flyfishing in Saltwaters and for 6 years wrote the NY/NJ Fishwire at Reel-Time.com.  He is a regular contributor to Saltwater Sportsman, Sportfishing, Shallow Water Angler, FLW Saltwater and the L.I. Fisherman and has had feature articles and/or photography published in Saltwater Flyfishing, Tide Magazine, Nor’east Saltwater, Newsday and the New York Times.  Below is a sampling of McMurray's fisheries conservation articles.  To see McMurray's feature articles click here:  (McMurray's Feature Articles)

Eating our Future Op-Ed

Enforce the Ban on Striped Bass!

2008, Status of the Striper:

2007 benchmark stock assessment concluded that the striped bass resource is in great shape, but is it?

The Precautionary Principle and Hard Lessons Learned

Comparing Striped Bass and Summer Flounder

Addressing Chronic Overfishing

Are economic incentives for conservation the answer?

The Great Decider Decides

Did Striped Bass and Red Drum Catch a Break?

Catch and Release Tournaments

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Sustainable Fisheries

Eat Smart and Ease The Strain on Wild Stocks
Throwing it all away

How your tax dollars contribute to overfishing

The Evolutionary Effects of Size Limits

Why you catch only small fish

Good News For Fish...  Finally!

The Magnuson Stevens Act Reauthorization

Fisheries Management for Dummies

Conflicts of Interest in the Councils Have the Potential to Destroy our Fisheries

The Ethics of Light Tackle Angling

Is using light-tackle and fly-gear morally defensible? 

Risking it all on a Fluke

This small, flat fish could change the way we manage our marine resources

In Support of CCA

If you're not a member yet, you should be

Following up on Bluefin

An abundance of school bluefin in 2005 means no school bluefin in 2006

What's Up With Bluefin

Atlantic stocks continue to decline, but there is hope

Friday Night Dump

More bad news for salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest

Sand Trap

Is it beach replenishment or beach destruction?

Choose Your Seafood Wisely

How to help fisheries conservation by watching what you eat

A Numbers Game

The accuracy of recreational fishing statistics

To Pay or Not to Pay

An investigation into saltwater recreational licenses

Much Ado about the EEZ

Opening federal waters up to striped bass fishing is a bad idea

Bring Back the Big Bass

Will the proposed Amendment 6 help return big stripers to the fishery?

Striped Bass...  A Game Fish?

Why it isn't a game fish...  Yet.