Decision whether to penalize Mississippi, Alabama anglers put off until April
At its virtual meeting last week, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council decided to put off a decision that could severely reduce the recreational red snapper quota for Alabama and Mississippi anglers until its April 2021 meeting. Unfortunately, the Council has struggled for the past severa...
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Snapper count should be final nail in NOAA’s inept management of red snapper.
This week, the public and Congress finally heard why nothing seemed to add up in federal management of Gulf red snapper. It turns out that NOAA just doesn’t count snapper very well.
After more than a decade of utter mana...
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Federal Regulators Seek to Undermine State Management of Red Snapper
Washington, D.C. – September 23, 2020 – Just two years after approving a plan to allow the Gulf states to develop their own recreational data collection systems to better manage red snapper and certif...
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HOUSTON, TX – Country superstar Kenny Chesney continues in his role as honorary board member for the Building Conservation Trust, the national marine habitat program of the Coastal Conservation Association. Chesney has been involved with BCT and its work supporting projects and scientific efforts ...
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Watch out for cobia tags – PHOTOS
CCA Alabama successfully deployed all four Wildlife Computers mini-PSAT tags funded by the state chapter on cobia last year thanks with the help of Capt. Richard Rutland of Cold-Blooded Fishing. The tags differ from our tarpon SPOT tags in that they ...
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Recreational angling is a powerful economic engine in Alabama
Originally Published on www.thisisalabama.org Feb 18th, 2020
Alabama is home to fantastic angling opportunities as well as some great conservation success stories. You don’t have to look far to see the impact that recreational angl...
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