Tag Archive for: Watershed Watch Salmon Society

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Makings of a Guide Dog

On a number of occasions over the past half-dozen years,…
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Lawrence Gunther’s 2019 Year-End report

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Muskie or Mayhem on the Ottawa River?

The year 2019 will go down as one of the least promising starts…
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Blue Fish Radio Celebrates Five years and 250 Episodes

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Competing Blind in the America Cup International Fly Fishing Tournament

(First published in Bob Izumi’s Reel Fishing…
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Walleye Opener and the Law

Getting out on the Upper St. Lawrence River for the opening of…
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The Idea behind the Charity “Blue Fish Canada”

As many of you, my attachment to fishing began with adventures…
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My Feature Documentary: What Lies Below

I created, researched, wrote and hosted the privately funded…
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Age of aquariums

OUR FISHERIES Do public aquariums have anything to do with…
Lawrence meeting Wayne Price at the spruce dug out

Post Cards from the Yukon

AMI TV and I put our heads together and came up with an idea for a TV special called “Postcards from the Yukon”.
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Feel the Bite Fishing Videos and Accessible Media Inc.

Accessible Media Inc. broadcasts over cable TV and satellite…
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White-Tip Shark in Jupiter

Lance Glaser of Goldon Fishing Expeditions invited me to spend a day with him and several of his friends fishing the Near Shore just off Jupiter Island
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Inuvik Pike by the Midnight sun

In advance of Maestro and I heading to Inuvik NWT for a conference on boom and bust northern community economies, I gave a call to a mutual friend
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Carp on the Mighty St. Lawrence

The 3rd and final leg of my fishing adventure with Mile’s Hilton-Barber involved fishing for Carp on a section of the St. Lawrence River
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Mark Hume on Calls to End Catch-and-Release Fishing

Link to hear my conversation with Mark as we discuss what prompted him to write the article, who is against catch-and-release fishing, and why we fish, on The Blue Fish Radio Show
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Retired DFO Biologist Reflects on 5-decades of Pacific Salmon Management

A look back at the past 50 years of value-driven decision making and the state of B.C. Pacific salmon with 38-year DFO biologist Brian Tutty on The Blue Fish Radio Show
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Federal Pacific Salmon Rescue Plan Details and Reactions

Lawrence Gunther asks whether the new DFO $647 million Pacific salmon restoration initiative has what it takes on the Blue Fish Radio Show
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Days of Rivers Past and Robert Hooton

Robert Hooton, author of Days of Rivers Past and a 37-year career Steelhead biologist, is Lawrence Gunther's guest on Blue Fish Radio Show
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Fraser River Salmon Stocks and Greg Taylor Part I

Listen to Greg talk about why DFO needs to adopt salmon recovery initiatives and to respect recreational fishing interests on this episode of Blue Fish Radio
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Port Alberni Round Table Ensures Salmon Stocks and Equitable Access

Bob Cole speaks with Lawrence Gunther about the successes and challenges of the round table, and how it can serve as a management model for the rest of B.C. on this episode of Blue Fish Radio
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Covid-19 and the West Coast Recreational Salmon Fishery

Hear west coast angler Brian Braidwood discuss what anglers are doing to stay safe, and how they are seeking to have rules changed to allow for the retention of hatchery Chinook salmon
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Haig-Brown Conservation Award Winner Eric Hobson

Hear Eric Hobson, the 2018 Haig-Brown Conservation Award winner, in conversation with Lawrence Gunther on this episode of Blue Fish Radio