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From The Head: Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act Of 2017 Uncategorized

From The Head: Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act Of 2017

BY INVENTIVEFISHING.COM The proposed fisheries management plan “Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management 2017,” stands to be…

ccanationalJune 22, 2017

A Break In The Management Storm For Red Snapper Uncategorized

A Break In The Management Storm For Red Snapper

The ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY of action to extend the Gulf of Mexico recreational red snapper season is a…

ccanationalJune 14, 2017

U.S. Reps. Graves, Green, Webster, Wittman Champion Federal Saltwater Fisheries Reform Uncategorized

U.S. Reps. Graves, Green, Webster, Wittman Champion Federal Saltwater Fisheries Reform

The recreational fishing and boating community praised the introduction of a bill that addresses critical…

ccanationalMay 24, 2017

Response To 90-Day Finding On Petition To List The Pacific Bluefin Tuna As Threatened Or Endangered Under The Endangered Species Act Uncategorized

Response To 90-Day Finding On Petition To List The Pacific Bluefin Tuna As Threatened Or Endangered Under The Endangered Species Act

CLICK HERE to read the RESPONSE OF THE SPORTFISHING INDUSTRY TO 90-DAY FINDING ON A PETITION…

ccanationalMay 22, 2017

Call For Common Sense On Bluefin Tuna Uncategorized

Call For Common Sense On Bluefin Tuna

A petition to list Pacific bluefin tuna under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) has…

ccanationalMay 22, 2017

Senate Commerce Committee Advances Billfish Conservation Act Uncategorized

Senate Commerce Committee Advances Billfish Conservation Act

Conservationists and anglers are applauding the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for…

ccanationalMay 19, 2017

Fisheries Economic Picture Comes Into Focus Uncategorized

Fisheries Economic Picture Comes Into Focus

BY BRAD GENTNER, PRESIDENT, GENTNER CONSULTING GROUP LLC Recreational fisheries generate far more economic activity…

ccanationalMay 18, 2017

Anglers Applaud Decision For Striped Bass Conservation Uncategorized

Anglers Applaud Decision For Striped Bass Conservation

Proposed harvest increase for iconic sportfish shelved by Atlantic States Commission A controversial proposal to…

ccanationalMay 11, 2017

Hearing Reviews Progress On Rigs-To-Reef Program Uncategorized

Hearing Reviews Progress On Rigs-To-Reef Program

Increased reefing of offshore energy platforms critical to Gulf habitat The House Subcommittee on Energy…

ccanationalMay 11, 2017

CCA Testifies Before Congress On Red Snapper Fiasco Uncategorized

CCA Testifies Before Congress On Red Snapper Fiasco

Three-day season in 2017 marks new low in federal management of popular fishery On the…

ccanationalMay 2, 2017

Shaking Things Up Uncategorized

Shaking Things Up

For recreational anglers, good news is often hard to come by in federal fisheries management.…

ccanationalApril 26, 2017

Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Scare Tactics Uncategorized

Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Scare Tactics

Last week’s bi-partisan introduction of the “Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017” (Modern Fish…

ccanationalApril 17, 2017