Articles by Bob Goldstein

Offshore Fishing

Biggest recorded fish kill involved tiles

Bob Goldstein

Golden tilefish suffered the largest-recorded Atlantic fish kill in March 1882, when billions were killed by an easterly shift of the Gulf Stream, chilling them in their habitat at the edge of the Continental Shelf where they had always been protected by warm Gulf waters. […]

Offshore Fishing

Future of golden tilefish looks bright

Bob Goldstein

There appears to be no danger of golden tilefish being fished out under current management. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s recently concluded stock assessment resulted in a doubling of the commercial allocation. Can expanded recreational fishing be far behind? […]

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Feelin’ Blue?

Bob Goldstein

Commercial fishermen pursue bluefin tuna in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. Bringing as much as $100 per pound at wholesale auctions, they represent the gold bar, the dollar and the euro rolled into one. […]

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Raise the White Flag

Bob Goldstein

Maybe it’s the result of tight federal catch
limits, the change-over to circle hooks or the catch-and-release of almost everything, but the past few years have produced square miles of striped bass to the 60-pound class, thousands of 300-pound bluefin tuna, a historic sailfish summer, and as many white marlin as any other season.
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