Uncategorized NEW: Gulf Council Sets Precedent with Recreational Data Correction Decision on red grouper fishery attempts to fix history of flawed data. Read more here.Kevin HicksonJune 28, 2021
UncategorizedVirginia Managers begin striped bass recovery on right note ASMFC managers reject moving the goal posts for striped bass management. Striped bass managers took…Kevin HicksonMay 11, 2021
UncategorizedVirginia Recreational Fishing and Boating Groups Back Forage Fish Bill to Promote Robust Sportfish Populations The legislation would require that the role forage fish play in the marine ecosystem be…Kevin HicksonApril 29, 2021
Uncategorized CONSERVATION IN ACTION: CCA Texas HI20 Reef Update The Phase II expansion includes the addition of hundreds of tons of additional diverse materials,…Kevin HicksonApril 27, 2021
Uncategorized Gulf Council Asks NOAA Fisheries to Delay Red Snapper Data Calibration The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council elected to defer until January 2023 a controversial…Kevin HicksonApril 19, 2021
Uncategorized Bureaucratic Glitch Threatens Snapper Season By Kirk Patterson, Chairman CCA Alabama Government Relations Committee Spring has arrived. Just a few…Kevin HicksonApril 12, 2021
UncategorizedVirginia Comments to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Amendment 7 – Atlantic Striped Bass Interstate Fishery Management Plan On behalf of America’s 7.5 million striped bass anglers and the sportfishing industry, we appreciate…Kevin HicksonApril 9, 2021
Uncategorized CCA Louisiana and Conservation Partners to begin construction on “Green Monster Reef” in Plaquemines Parish Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana’s REEF Louisiana Program will begin construction this week on a…Kevin HicksonApril 7, 2021
Uncategorized CCA Texas Delivers Vital Funding to Texas Hatcheries Sea Center Texas Hatchery In the wake of a coastal freeze, CCA Texas contributes $152,000…Kevin HicksonApril 7, 2021
Uncategorized Fifty-Foot Tugboat Ready to Become South Carolina’s Latest Reef The marine ecosystem off South Carolina is set to get another boost this week with…Kevin HicksonMarch 9, 2021
Uncategorized A Time for Action and Hope We know the fishery will rebound as it has in the past, we know that…Kevin HicksonMarch 1, 2021
Uncategorized 2021 Texas STAR Tournament Announcement Recognizing the extraordinary impact of the recent winter storm, the CCA Texas 2021 STAR Tournament…Kevin HicksonMarch 1, 2021