home water dispatch

My ultimate goal with Home Water Dispatch is to share what I know about fish and aquatic ecosystems in an accessible way. I want to help create more informed advocates and activists for the conservation of fish and their home water.

The short videos below are raw and organic, shot in a single take and with no editing. I’ll be covering a range of topics that emerge as I conduct my research, explore, prepare for formal lectures, and when questions are asked to me by fellow anglers, students, and the general public.

Basically, consider Home Water Dispatch an extension of my classroom. Please feel free to reach out to ask for a specific topic and I’ll do my best to find an opportunity to cover it.

Home Water Dispatch 01 - The Launch.

Home Water Dispatch 02 - Connecting Fish, Habitat, and People

 

Home Water Dispatch 03 - Will fish just move somewhere else if their natal spawning grounds or migration pathways are distrubed?

 

Home Water Dispatch 04 - I’m taking time at the World Fisheries Congress in Seattle to reflect on how the discipline of recreational fisheries science, management, and conservation has grown over the past few decades. It is SO noticeable.

 

Home Water Dispatch 05 (Part 1) - I attended the Saltwater Fishing Expo in New Jersey to present about Keep Fish Wet's campaign called Stripers In Our Hand and why science-based best practices are so important for the future of striped bass. What I reflect on in this episode is how all of those in attendance, including anglers, angling experts and pros, industry representatives, magazine editors, government agencies, and scientists were in agreement about the need for grassroots efforts to change social norms related to how striped bass are caught, handled, and released. Go check out https://www.keepfishwet.org/stripers-in-our-hands and share what you learn.

 

Home Water Dispatch 05 (Part 2) - For this episode I'm on the bank of the Hudson River where I reflect on some sentiments that were conveyed yesterday during the striped bass conservation and management seminars at the Saltwater Fishing Expo in New Jersey. Bottom line is that we need both top down management AND grassroots efforts that are solidly informed by science, otherwise our striped bass stocks will continue to pay the price.

 

Home Water Dispatch 06 (Part 1) - Flying from Buenos Aires to Corrientes (Argentina) to learn more about the diversity of habitats Golden Dorado reside in, meet some collaborators, and understand conservation issues for such a cool fish species. A huge thanks to SET Fly Fishing for helping to facilitate the trip and partnering in some much needed science. Also a huge thanks to the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) for funding genetics/genomics research that is informing additional studies on the movement ecology of Golden Dorado.

 

Home Water Dispatch 06 (Part 2) - On the banks of the Upper Parana River, Corrientes, Argentina, I reflect on regulated rivers, and how dams can lead to fragmentation of fish populations, impacting movements of species such as Golden Dorado.

 

Home Water Dispatch 06 (Part 3) - From deep inside the Iberia Wetlands, Corrientes, Argentina, I reflect on how diverse wetland habitats support high biodiversity, including fish such as Golden Dorado. I also muse over how re-wilding and protection of such biodiverse places can be focal areas for eco-tourism that can amplify conservation efforts and provide sustainable economic support for local communities.

 

Home Water Dispatch 06 (Part 4) - For the last video from my trip to Corrientes, I’m on the edge of the Isoro Wetlands where I relect on the role recreational fisheries can play a vital role in a tourism-based economy, and how the impressive and progressive regulations in Corrientes can help minimize the impacts of angling on species such as Golden Dorado.