CCA will fight to protect access for recreational fishermen to all public fishing areas unless…

 …there is a clear indication that recreational fishermen are the cause of a specific conservation problem and that less severe conservation measures, such as gear restrictions, possession limits, size restrictions, quotas, or closed seasons will not adequately address the targeted conservation problem.

 …the closed-area regulation includes specific, measurable criteria to determine the conservation benefit of the closed area on the affected stocks of fish and provides a timetable for periodic review of the continued need for the closed area at least once every three years.

 …the closed area is no larger than that which is supported by the best available science.

 …provision is made to reopen the closed area to recreational fishing whenever the targeted conservation problem no longer exists.