TIDE MARCH/APRIL 2011 FEATURES:


8 Building Conservation — The CCABuilding Conservation Habitat Program is set to launch an underwater building boom. — By Ted Venker


12 Reef Revival — CCANorth Carolina donates more than $20,000 to enhance and rejuvenate a popular local fishing destination. — By Mike Zlotnicki


16 Death and Life in the Pacific Northwest —Diminishing returns of salmon have created a nutrient deficit in some rivers, prompting anglers to step in to lend a hand. — By Nello Picinich


22 Redfish Rendezvous— From the Mississippi River to the Sabine, bruiser redfish congregate like herds of big red vacuum cleaners, flourishing on Louisiana’s remarkable forage-producing estuaries while preparing for their annual spawning migration.—By Will Drost


30 On Safari for Lionfish — The lionfish, a seemingly benign native of the Indian and South Pacific oceans, is wreaking ecological havoc in the Atlantic Ocean.— By Capt. Spud Woodward


36 Cause and Effect—Florida’s historic campaign to limit net fishing, better known as the Net Ban, celebrates its 16th anniversary this year, and its influence is still spreading like a ripple on the water. — By Dave Lear


40 Deluge Down South — Historic flooding last summer flushed the hyper-saline Lower Laguna Madre with fresh water, leaving anglers and marine biologists to wonder how it would impact the region’s world-class trout fishery. — By Scott Null


46 The Skinny on Long Island Flats Fishing—Productive fishing flats are not unique to tropical locales. Believe it or not, similar condi- tions and structures prevail on Long Island, as they do throughout the entire northeast.— By Angelo Peluso


DEPARTMENTS:


6 CASTING COMMENTS 50 CAPITOL IDEAS 52 TIDE BITS 62 COOK’N TELL


Cover photo — Joe Richard VOL. 35, ISSUE 2


TIDE Staff: Editor: Ted Venker, Art Director: Ben Kocian, Assistant Art Director /Designer: Devon Kocian, Designer/Production Editor: Cheri Gossett. Consulting Editor: Pat Murray, Printer: Quad/Graphics.


TIDE is the official, bimonthly magazine of Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), a non- profit, tax-exempt corporation with chapters in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Washington, and Oregon. CCAis organized to advise and edu- cate the public on the conservation of marine animal and plant life, and other coastal resources, both onshore and offshore. The objective of this association is to promote the present and future availability of these natural resources for the benefit of private citizens. CCA was founded by a group of concerned sportsmen and incorporated on March 17, 1977, in Texas. TIDE is available to CCA members and has a circulation of 87,000 copies. Photo and manuscript submissions are wel- come, but no responsibility is assumed for such material while in transit or in the office of publi- cation. Views expressed by TIDE contributors do not necessarily express the views of the CCA. For change of address please contact: Coastal Conservation Association, 6919 Portwest Drive, Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77024 Telephone: 713-626-4234


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