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LETTER: USFWS Lead Tackle Letter from the Sports Conservation Community Uncategorized

LETTER: USFWS Lead Tackle Letter from the Sports Conservation Community

The undersigned organizations, which represent millions of America’s anglers, hunters, recreational shooters, wildlife conservationists, and…

Kevin HicksonAugust 7, 2022

Same Song, Different Verse for South Atlantic Red Snapper Uncategorized

Same Song, Different Verse for South Atlantic Red Snapper

Proposed bottom closure highlights need for regulatory reform.

Kevin HicksonAugust 5, 2022

LETTER: Proposed Rule to Implement Red Snapper Data Calibrations and Harvest Levels, NOAA-NMFS-2022-0028 Uncategorized

LETTER: Proposed Rule to Implement Red Snapper Data Calibrations and Harvest Levels, NOAA-NMFS-2022-0028

One of the most contentious issues facing the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is…

Kevin HicksonJuly 29, 2022

Conservation in Action: Maryland – Living Reef Action Campaign Back to Full Speed Uncategorized

Conservation in Action: Maryland – Living Reef Action Campaign Back to Full Speed

With the return of warmer weather, CCA Maryland's Living Reef Action Campaign (LRAC) hit its…

Kevin HicksonJuly 27, 2022

Doctor Snapper Uncategorized

Doctor Snapper

Angling lessons from the Lead Scientist of one of the most extensive stock abundance estimates…

Kevin HicksonJuly 14, 2022

Conservation in Action: Georgia – Another No Shoes Reef Uncategorized

Conservation in Action: Georgia – Another No Shoes Reef

CCA Georgia recently teamed up with Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Reefs Foundation and the Reef…

Kevin HicksonJuly 12, 2022

LETTER: FY23 Senate Interior Appropriations – Rigs-to-Reef Program Uncategorized

LETTER: FY23 Senate Interior Appropriations – Rigs-to-Reef Program

We write today to ask for your leadership to improve upon the FY23 U.S. House…

Kevin HicksonJuly 11, 2022

UPDATE: Wicker Statement on NOAA’s Proposed Red Snapper Rule Uncategorized

UPDATE: Wicker Statement on NOAA’s Proposed Red Snapper Rule

Miss. Senator Criticizes Department Of Commerce Plan To Cut Mississippi’s Catch Limit

Kevin HicksonJuly 1, 2022

Greater Amberjack Count Uncategorized

Greater Amberjack Count

Fishermen who haul in greater amberjack may also get an unexpected $250 and an opportunity…

Kevin HicksonJune 29, 2022

NOAA Fisheries Signals a Dead End for Red Snapper Uncategorized

NOAA Fisheries Signals a Dead End for Red Snapper

Agency sets two-day season and indications are that it’s not getting better anytime soon Anglers…

Kevin HicksonMay 25, 2022

NOAA Fisheries Announces Two-Day South Atlantic Red Snapper Season Despite Record High Abundance Uncategorized

NOAA Fisheries Announces Two-Day South Atlantic Red Snapper Season Despite Record High Abundance

Frustrated anglers feel like they are shouting into the wind.

Kevin HicksonMay 23, 2022

Commission Takes Action on Striped Bass Uncategorized

Commission Takes Action on Striped Bass

On May 4th, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) took a pivotal step toward…

Kevin HicksonMay 6, 2022