Rick Crawford Every year some friends and I head down to Everglades National Park for a fishing and camping trip. It’s a great escape and a highly anticipated adventure, but I started thinking about how much single-use plastic and waste is generated on these camping trips. I always practice leave no trace principles and recycle…
Category: The Sustainable Angler
Pollution: 5 Things You Can Do to Refuse Single-Use Plastics
Rick Crawford Population, policy and pollution are the three main threats to fisheries around the world. I call these threats “the 3P’s” and through “The Sustainable Angler” I am trying to educate and create more awareness about what I believe to be fixable problems. If you have spent any time on a river, beach or…
Sustainability 101: What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
Rick Crawford Population, policy and pollution are the three main threats to fisheries around the world. I call these threats “the 3P’s” and through “The Sustainable Angler” blog series we have primarily been discussing pollution in the form of greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change, but I thought it would be worthwhile to…
The Sustainable Angler: Jako Lucas
Rick Crawford The sport of fly fishing is currently facing three very real threats that could undermine our ability to sustain fisheries around the world, which are: Policy, Population and Pollution (GHG emissions, plastics, etc.). I call these threats the “3 P’s” and I have been interviewing a variety of stakeholders in the fly-fishing industry…
Best Handling Practices for Catch & Release Tarpon
Rick Crawford Like many of you this time of year I get fishing fever. But not just any fever…tarpon fever! My friends and I make our annual pilgrimage to Everglades National Park to attempt to deceive a backcountry tarpon with chicken feathers that result in newfound explosions in the ocean and bays.
The Sustainable Angler: Todd Tanner
Rick Crawford As this is only the second installment of The Sustainable Angler, I thought I would provide a bit of background. I am an angler, writer, and conservationist who founded a sustainability and marketing consultant agency so that I can protect what I love. In other words, I help businesses increase their growth while…