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2010

• Coalition seeks to avoid fisheries management “train wreck” - Feb. 24, 2010
  Passage of the 2006 Magnuson-Stevens Act, the overarching law that manages America’s marine fisheries, revealed crippling deficiencies within the agency charged with implementing the law.

• CCA Continues Advocacy for Harvest Reform, Recovery of Oregon’s Salmon Runs - Feb. 11, 2010
  “The changes made by the Attorney General’s office do not reflect the intent of the initiative, which is to end the non-selective over-harvest of Oregon's native fish runs while maintaining a healthy commercial salmon fishing industry.

• ASMFC Takes Wrong Turn on Striped Bass
  After hearing a litany of significant concerns about the health of the striped bass population presented by its own Technical Committee and by law enforcement personnel, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Striped Bass Management Board did the last thing anyone expected.

• Council action on Gulf red snapper signals need for reallocation
  The reward for decades of sacrifice announced at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting this week is a good news/bad news scenario for recreational anglers.

• CCA Mourns Passing of Walter Fondren
  The conservation community lost one of its true visionaries with the passing of Coastal Conservation Association founder Walter W. Fondren III last week in Houston.

• Fish trap proposal rejected by Gulf Council
  Like a bad penny, a proposal to re-introduce fish traps as an alternative to longline gear in the Gulf grouper fishery turned up before the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council in December, outraging conservationists and fisheries management veterans who had fought to banish the destructive gear from the Gulf back in the 1990s.

2009

• CCA Hails Breakthrough on Catch Share Management - Dec. 18, 2009
  Coastal Conservation Association applauds the U.S. Congress for recognizing the need to address impacts to recreational angling as a result of the U.S. Catch Share Policy.
   

• Fish Trap Proposal Turns Back the Clock on Conservation - Dec. 10, 2009
  An unusual alliance of environmental groups and commercial longliners is exploring the use of controversial fish traps in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery, leaving long-time participants in federal fishery management issues surprised at the re-emergence of the highly destructive gear.
   

• CCA Benefits from KBR Master of the Green Tournament - Nov. 24, 2009
  Coastal Conservation Association is proud to again be one of the beneficiaries of the third Master of the Green Charity Golf Tournament, an annual event organized by KBR to support educational, environmental and health organizations.
   

• CCA urges states to resist flawed federal policies in Gulf - Nov. 10, 2009
  Anglers cite lack of faith in federal catch share management of red snapper, grouper
   

• ASFMC Denies Increase in Commercial Striped Bass Harvest - Nov. 3, 2009
  Anglers rally to defeat proposal for commercial sector to kill more fish
   

• CCA to Testify Before Senate Committee on Oceans Policy - Nov. 2, 2009
  Committee seeks CCA’s input on role for recreational fisheries in ocean, coastal stewardship 
        - CCA Testimony on Oceans Policy - pdf file
   

• Collaborative letter points out deficits in data collection - October 29, 2009
  Unlikely combination of groups takes a stand for recreational angling
        - Recreational Data Collection Letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco - pdf file
   

• CCA Opposes Proposed Rollover of Commercial Harvest - October 29, 2009
  Anglers highlight important warning signs for the conservation of Atlantic striped bass
   

• CCA Names New President - October 27, 2009
   

• Gulf Governors Stand Up for Recreational Angling - October 22, 2009
  States unite to request feds better protect citizens’ access to public resources
        -  Letter from the Gulf Governors to Secretary Locke - pdf file
   

• Federal managers shut down another Gulf fishery - October 21, 2009
  Decision on Gulf amberjack shows federal management on brink of breakdown
   

• CCA Questions Obama Administration’s Ocean Policy - October 15, 2009
  Task Force omission of recreational angling a glaring flaw
   

• CCA Applauds U.S. Decision on Bluefin Tuna - October 15, 2009
  NOAA Administrator announces support for strongest possible conservation measures
        - Letter from the U.S. Department of Commerce to CCA - pdf file
        - Letter from the U.S. Department of Interior to CCA - pdf file
   

• Conservationists Encouraged by Fisheries Amendments - October 13, 2009
  Angler concerns over catch shares, aquaculture gaining traction
   

• CCA Files Lawsuit to Stop Gulf Grouper Giveaway - Sept. 28, 2009
  “Fundamentally flawed” catch share program a threat to angling
   

• Conservationists call for U.S. action to save bluefin tuna - Sept. 25, 2009
  International impasse leaves bluefin on the brink
   

• Anglers call for exit strategy on red snapper disaster - Sept. 25, 2009
  CCA seeks guidelines for opening areas, disaster relief for impacted businesses
   

• Cummins Resigns as CCA President - September 11, 2009
   

• NOAA Abandons Recreational Anglers - August 31, 2009
  Approval of grouper giveaway pushes recreational anglers to the brink
   

• CCA Discussion Document Ends in Success - August 12, 2009
  Controversial paper accomplished goal by shining light on red snapper
  management failures
   

• NOAA catch-share program threatens recreational angling - August 7, 2009
  CCA questions federal program of resource giveaways
        - CCA Catch Shares Briefing Document - pdf file
   

• 3,000 Ghost Nets to Disappear - July 1, 2009
  $4.5 million federal grant to speed removal of derelict fishing gear from Puget Sound
   

• CCA Calls for Balanced Approach to Red Snapper Crisis - June 4, 2009
  Unprecedented fisheries disaster in South Atlantic needs calculated response
   

• Texas Outdoor Writers Recognize CCA/Valero Youth Program - May 1, 2009
  Program sponsored by Valero Energy Corp. seeks to bring conservation into classroom
   

• Changing of the Guard - March 31, 2009
  CCA reorganizes to prepare for more growth.
   

• New red snapper study offers signs of hope - February 25, 2009
  Research indicates red snapper stocks may be in better shape than previously thought.
   

• Short-term gain, long-term loss - February 2, 2009
  Gulf Council tackles longlines, but fumbles future of grouper fishery.
   

• Study reveals economic reality for Gulf grouper - January 28, 2009
  CCA-funded study shows value of 100 percent recreational allocation
   

• Process or Proclamation? - January 7, 2009
  From the South Atlantic to the western Pacific, federal marine management is a study in contrasts.

2008

• Court Ruling Confirms Rule of Science
   

• CCA Calls for Denial of Longline Permits
   

• Alabama closes door on open-loop LNG
   

• Recreational angling secured by Presidential order
   

• Assessment review moves summer flounder closer to finish line
   

• Center for Coastal Conservation sets sail at ICAST
   

• Bluefin on the Brink
   

• CCA Adds Advocacy Expertise in the Pacific Northwest
   

• CCA Testifies Before Congress against Fish Pirates

2007

• President Orders Game Fish Status for Red Drum, Striped Bass
   

• Recreational Fishery Hijacked
   

• Conservation Zones Spared
   

• Summer Flounder - The Price of Mismanagement
   

• CCA and Valero Partner in Conservation
   

• CCA Kicks Off Next Phase in Red Snapper Recovery
   

• Council Foils Backdoor Bid by Commercial Fishing Industry
   

• CCA Cleanup Project Wins National Recognition
   

• Gulf Council mandates 74% bycatch reduction for shrimp fleet
   

• Local Leaders Set to Guide Washington, Oregon Conservation Efforts
   

• Billfish Conservation Under Assault
   

• CCA Advocacy Team Adds Expertise
   

• CCA Applauds Shell Decision on LNG
   

• CCA Expands to the Pacific Northwest
   

• Federal Judge: Fisheries Service has failed red snapper
   

• Red Snapper - Federal Fisheries Management Failure
   

• Coastal Conservation Association wins IGFA Conservation Award
   

• Swordfish recovery a victory in the making