Apr132015
Daily DrakeSave Dorado

Save DoradoGolden dorado are streamer junkies feared by skittish baitfish everywhere. In the Salta Region of northern Argentina, they are also threatened by overharvest, habitat degradation, and poorly understood ecological factors. A new study led by a team from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Department of Environmental Conservation, aims to address those concerns in order to preserve the species and bolster local economies. Argentine outfitter Fish Simply has launched an IDIEGOGO campaign to help fund the project. Check it out, here.

 

“The Salta Region of Argentina is limited in management resources and faces high social and economic stakes under poor management of this species,” says Patagonia Inc. ambassador and researcher, Dr. Andy Danylchuk. “A well-managed dorado fishery could potentially provide long-term income to the region. Thus, the objective of the project is to assess the impacts of recreational fishing, local stakeholder practices, and habitat conditions on Dorado while also determining best practices and protections for the survival and thrival needs of Dorado.”

Tom Bie
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Tom Bie is the founder, editor, and publisher of The Drake. He started the magazine in 1998 as an annual newsprint publication based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He then moved it to Steamboat, Colorado (1999), Boulder, Colorado (2001), and San Clemente, California (2004), as he took jobs as managing editor at Paddler, Senior Editor at Skiing, and Editor-in-Chief at Powder, respectively. Tom and The Drake are now both based in Denver, Colorado, where The Drake is finally all grows up(Swingers, 1996) to a quarterly magazine.

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Tom Bie is the founder, editor, and publisher of The Drake. He started the magazine in 1998 as an annual newsprint publication based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He then moved it to Steamboat, Colorado (1999), Boulder, Colorado (2001), and San Clemente, California (2004), as he took jobs as managing editor at Paddler, Senior Editor at Skiing, and Editor-in-Chief at Powder, respectively. Tom and The Drake are now both based in Denver, Colorado, where The Drake is finally all grows up(Swingers, 1996) to a quarterly magazine.

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