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		<title>Learn the Secrets of Catching Striped Bass with Capt. Richie Gaines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join Capt. Richie Gaines on Saturday, March 13 at Chesapeake College for a one-day seminar on how to find and catch striped bass (rockfish) throughout the different seasons on the Chesapeake Bay.  All levels of anglers are welcome!
Fishing techniques such as trolling, chumming, live lining, and light tackle will be covered along rigging, knots, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2010/02/02/learn-the-secrets-of-catching-striped-bass-with-capt-richie-gaines/</link>
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		<title>Maryland DNR Helps Build New Public Access Site On Elk River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DNR Helps Build New Public Access Site On Elk River
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded a grant to Cecil County to construct a new boating facility on the Elk River and dredge the adjoining channel. The facility will provide recreational boaters with access to the Elk River and Chesapeake Bay, and other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2010/01/29/maryland-dnr-helps-build-new-public-access-site-on-elk-river/</link>
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		<title>Virginia Anglers Earn Over 5000 Citations in 2009 &#8211; Record Marks Set for White Marlin, Blueline Tilefish and Sailfish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anglers registered 5,191 trophy-size fish for Citation awards during the 52nd Annual Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament, which ran from January 1st through December 31st.  This was the tenth year in a row anglers registered at least 5,000 Citations since the Tournament began in 1958.
For the first time in Tournament history, speckled trout accounted for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2010/01/28/virgina-anglers-earn-over-5000-citations-in-2009-record-marks-set-for-white-marlin-blueline-tilefish-and-sailfish/</link>
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		<title>Trouble with Fish Oil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good article in Time Magazine about Omega Fish Oil. Check it out here

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		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2010/01/23/trouble-with-fish-oil/</link>
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		<title>Menhaden Need your Help Today!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most important fish in the sea needs your help Atlantic Menhaden &#8211; Ecologically Critical
The alarming decline of the menhaden population threatens the entire Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Since 1979, the coastal population has declined 72%. Predators like rockfish, bluefish, weakfish, osprey, seabirds, etc. are being deprived of their major food source, while industrial purse seiners [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2010/01/21/menhaden-need-your-help-today/</link>
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		<title>Atom Striper Swiper Plug Founder Bob Pond Passes at Age 92</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have not heard, there has been some sad news in the striped bass world, Bob Pond of Attleboro, MA, the creator of the Atom Striper Swiper fishing plug (made by Bob&#8217;s company Atom Manufacturing) recently passed away at age 92. The first fishing lures made by Bob at Atom Manufacturing were introduced in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2010/01/02/atom-striper-swiper-plug-founder-bob-pond-passes-at-age-92/</link>
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		<title>Maryland Anglers will need to register with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Before Fishing Starting Jan. 1, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting Jan. 1, 2010, Maryland Anglers will need to register with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) before fishing. Anglers can register for free online or by calling a toll-free phone number.
This requirement is an essential part of a national commitment to effectively manage saltwater fish populations. The registry will allow fishermen and policy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/12/24/starting-jan-1-2010-maryland-anglers-will-need-to-register-with-the-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-noaa-before-fishing/</link>
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		<title>Environmental Groups Ask Federal Agency to Oversee Clean Water Act in Maryland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waterkeepers Chesapeake of Maryland and Waterkeeper Alliance (collectively “Waterkeepers”) today filed a detailed, 58 page petition seeking major changes in the way Maryland operates and enforces the Clean Water Act in order to better protect the Chesapeake Bay.
The petition asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw Maryland’s delegated authority to administer the Clean Water [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/12/08/environmental-groups-ask-federal-agency-to-oversee-clean-water-act-in-maryland/</link>
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		<title>A World with out Fish &#8211; New Fishing Conservation Video to Check Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got a note from Ken over at the National Coalition of Marine Conservation about a new video they just released that talks about their organization and what they do. Pretty sweet video to check out
A World Without Fish? Save Ocean Predators, Save Their Prey


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		<title>More on World Tuna Stocks in Trouble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some information from a recent Time Magazine piece on Tuna stocks worldwide (picture from article in Time): In 1950, about 600,000 tons of tuna were caught worldwide. Last year, that figure hit nearly 6 million tons. At current fishing rates, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that Atlantic bluefin that spawn in the Mediterranean could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/11/11/more-on-world-tuna-stocks-in-trouble/</link>
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		<title>Researchers Get Dirty To Clean Up Chesapeake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good article on what the EPA is doing to determine where we need to clean up in the Chesapeake Bay first, i.e. where are the most polluted areas. Check this link for audio and the article.

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		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/11/10/researchers-get-dirty-to-clean-up-chesapeake/</link>
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		<title>Annapolis Maryland Fishermen to Soon have another NOAA Real Time Data Buoy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anglers in the Annapolis area will soon have another NOAA buoy to consult for near-real-time wave height &#38; direction, wind speed &#38; direction, current speed &#38; direction, water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and other measures, as well as information about its place on the Captain John Smith National Historic Trail, the ecology of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/11/09/annapolis-maryland-fishermen-to-soon-have-another-noaa-real-time-data-buoy/</link>
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		<title>ASMFC Atlantic Striped Bass Assessment Update Finds Resource Not Overfished and Overfishing Not Occurring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Atlantic striped stock assessment update indicates that the resource remains in good condition with female spawning stock biomass (SSB)  percent of the SSB target and 185 percent of the SSB threshold (see Figure 1). Estimated fishing mortality rates (F) in 2008 are equal to or less than 0.21 and below the target [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/11/05/asmfc-atlantic-striped-bass-assessment-update-finds-resource-not-overfished-and-overfishing-not-occurring/</link>
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		<title>ASMFC Atlantic Menhaden Board Approves Addendum to Extend Menhaden Reduction Fishery Cap for 3 Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not what we wanted! Three more years to do nothing.
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The Commission&#8217;s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board approved Addendum IV to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden.
Addendum IV extends the Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery harvest cap, established through Addendum III, for an additional three years (2011 &#8211; 2013). Under the Addendum, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/11/05/asmfc-atlantic-menhaden-board-approves-addendum-to-extend-menhaden-reduction-fishery-cap-for-3-years/</link>
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		<title>Best Fishing Pumpkin we Spotted for Halloween</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the best fishing pumpkin we spotted this past Halloween. The cobia pumpkin

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		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/11/03/best-fishing-pumpkin-we-spotted-for-halloween/</link>
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		<title>Meeting Brandon in Person to Talk about Fisheries Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I promised to be accessible as a commissioner on the Maryland Sport Fish Advisory Commission  I also said I would provide an opportunity to meet in person to talk about the past meeting as well as future issues.  To give the most people time to plan so they can make it I set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/10/26/meeting-brandon-in-person-to-talk-about-fisheries-management/</link>
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		<title>2009 Young of the Year Striped Bass Survey Shows Slightly Below Average Numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that 2009 Young-of-the-Year Striped Bass Survey was a 7.9 catch per haul this year, slightly below the long term average of 11.7. DNR has used the same techniques for the survey for the past 50 years to show the yearly spawning success for Rockfish.
“These numbers may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/10/18/2009-young-of-th-year-striped-bass-survey-shows-slightly-below-average-numbers/</link>
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		<title>STRIPED BASS ROLLOVERS…  ANOTHER BAD IDEA&#8230;Addendum II will comprise yet another small but real drain on striped bass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lateral Line Ambassador Capt. John McMurray gives us his views on the introduced striped bass roll over quota recently introduced.
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STRIPED BASS ROLLOVERS…  ANOTHER BAD IDEA&#8230;
Addendum II will comprise yet another small but real drain on striped bass 
It is 10/8…  it’s 5:00PM and I’m on a train home from the Striped Bass Advisory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/10/16/striped-bass-rollovers%e2%80%a6-another-bad-idea-addendum-ii-will-comprise-yet-another-small-but-real-drain-on-striped-bass/</link>
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		<title>While there are Glimpses of Fish Stocks Recovering, Doom for our Fisheries Still Looms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend who runs the Rover Keepers in California sent me this article this morning. A lot of things that have been said over the last few years, but it&#8217;s good to keep it fresh in our minds. Worth the read.
Quote, &#8220;In the past 50 years, we have reduced the populations of large commercial fish, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/10/05/while-there-are-glimpses-of-fish-stocks-recovering-doom-for-our-fisheries-still-looms/</link>
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		<title>NOAA Making an Effort to Work with Recreational Anglers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good sign for us moving foward:
NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco has committed to take a fresh look at NOAA&#8217;s relationship with the angling community. &#8220;Saltwater recreational fishing is among the most popular outdoor sports in America with anglers representing one of NOAA&#8217;s largest organized constituencies. Not only are anglers stewards of our ocean, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laterallineco.com/blog/2009/09/14/noaa-making-an-effort-to-work-with-recreational-anglers/</link>
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