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A letter to NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco, signed by the
leadership of the American Sportfishing Association, Center for Coastal
Conservation, Coastal Conservation Association, International Game Fish
Association, National Marine Manufacturers Association, and The
Billfish Foundation asks for immediate action to address a crisis
within the federal fisheries management system.
“We support healthy fisheries and good fishery management. It’s good for anglers, our business and our economy. We’ve developed common-sense administrative and appropriations proposals that address the need for timely, accurate data while preserving efforts to rebuild our marine fisheries. We see these as a starting point for actions that must be implemented to address the short and long term problems,” said Mike Nussman, ASA’s President and CEO. “Unfortunately, what we are seeing now is crisis management rather than fisheries management and this must stop before more jobs are lost and more of the nation’s recreational anglers are unnecessarily shut out.” |
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33 Fishing Community Members Say Permit Bank, Giacalone are pluses for Gloucester
This permit bank is a true local treasure for our fishing community and related businesses. Its existence has been one of the only positive things to come to this fishing community in decades.
