Louisiana representative takes on corrupt federal fisheries privatization program
Already well-known for his leadership on legislation to move management of the troubled Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery to the states, Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves is now playing a leading role in an unflinching critique of the federal government’s efforts to privatize Gulf fisheries for a...
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Legislation clarifies intent of Pacific billfish conservation measures
WASHINGTON, DC (February 16, 2017) – Conservationists and anglers are praising a bill filed yesterday by U.S. Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) that seeks to clear the way for full implementation of a landmark law to raise protections...
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Washington, D.C. – April 6, 2017 – The recreational fishing and boating community praised the introduction of a bill that addresses critical challenges facing saltwater recreational fishing at the federal level. Led by Congressmen Garret Graves (R-La.), Gene Green (D-Texas), Daniel Webster (R-Fla.)...
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Washington, D.C. – June 28, 2017 – Today, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the 2017 Regional Fishery Management Council (RFMC) appointments and has shown that recreational fishing and boating are important to the Trump Administration. The appointments of Steve Heins of New York to the Mid-At...
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Three-day season in 2017 marks new low in federal management of popular fishery
CCA testifies before Congress on red snapper fiasco
Three-day season in 2017 marks new low in federal management of popular fishery
Washington, D.C. – May 2, 2017 -- On the same day that NOAA Fisheries announced the shortest recreational red snapper season in history, Mark Ray, chairman of CCA Te...
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"A Reef to Remember" by Jeff Dute Out of tragedy, sometimes triumph is born. Such is the case with two new CCA-sponsored inshore reefs completed this past winter in the inshore waters off Alabama's Dauphin Island.
On Memorial Day weekend in 2014, CCA Life Member Bernie Heggeman and two out-of-town ...
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