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Modern Fish Act Takes Major Step Toward Becoming Law Uncategorized

Modern Fish Act Takes Major Step Toward Becoming Law

Senate Commerce Committee Passes Landmark Legislation with Bipartisan Support The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce,…

ccanationalFebruary 28, 2018

Urge Your Members Of Congress To Update America’s Primary Fishing Law Uncategorized

Urge Your Members Of Congress To Update America’s Primary Fishing Law

The MODERN FISH ACT (included in H.R. 200/S. 1520) will make critically IMPORTANT CHANGES to federal fishing regulations. The…

wpengineFebruary 27, 2018

Fishing For The Facts About The Modern Fish Act Uncategorized

Fishing For The Facts About The Modern Fish Act

BY CHRIS HORTON, FISHERIES PROGRAM DIRECTOR, CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN’S FOUNDATION Mark Twain once said, “Never let…

ccanationalFebruary 26, 2018

Longliners Target Billfish In Conservation Zone, Again Uncategorized

Longliners Target Billfish In Conservation Zone, Again

Controversial exempted fishing permit benefiting a single company back from the dead Conservationists won a…

ccanationalFebruary 26, 2018

Shimano And CCA Launch National Marine Science Scholarship Program Uncategorized

Shimano And CCA Launch National Marine Science Scholarship Program

In partnership with Harte Research Institute, program seeks to assist future leaders in conservation-based marine…

ccanationalFebruary 8, 2018

Time For ASMFC To Stand Firm For Menhaden Uncategorized

Time For ASMFC To Stand Firm For Menhaden

BY DAVID SIKORSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CCA MARYLAND As any good angler knows, Atlantic menhaden are…

ccanationalFebruary 5, 2018

CCA Comments On South Atlantic Cobia Uncategorized

CCA Comments On South Atlantic Cobia

Amendment 31 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan Thank you for the opportunity…

ccanationalJanuary 22, 2018

Landmark Legislation To Benefit Saltwater Anglers Advances In U.S. House Uncategorized

Landmark Legislation To Benefit Saltwater Anglers Advances In U.S. House

House Natural Resources Committee Approves Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Bill The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on…

ccanationalDecember 13, 2017

NOAA Finally Getting It Right Uncategorized

NOAA Finally Getting It Right

Agency’s fisheries economics report more accurately reflects reality, to the dismay of some. BY BRAD…

ccanationalNovember 14, 2017

ASMFC Menhaden Management Board Misses Historic Opportunity Uncategorized

ASMFC Menhaden Management Board Misses Historic Opportunity

Management body caves with vote to maintain failed management of menhaden Presented with the historic…

ccanationalNovember 13, 2017

Glaciers, Palm Trees And Federal Fisheries Management Uncategorized

Glaciers, Palm Trees And Federal Fisheries Management

BY JEFF ANGERS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, THEHILL.COM CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE ON THEHILL.COM

ccanationalOctober 25, 2017

CCA Comments On Amendment 3 To Menhaden Management Plan Uncategorized

CCA Comments On Amendment 3 To Menhaden Management Plan

CLICK HERE TO READ > CCA COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 3 TO MENHADEN MANAGEMENT PLAN

ccanationalOctober 23, 2017