The organizers of the Fishermen's March on Washington scheduled for February 24, 2010 have issued the following press release thanking "Congressmen Pallone, Frank, Jones et al and Senator Schumer" and have created a website through which supports can sign the letter online.
The March on Washington scheduled for February 24, 2010 is on and interest is growing daily. Everyone who fishes, consumes fish, supports fishing, and depends on fishing is encouraged to attend.
Info has been posted at http://fs16.formsite.com/FixMagnusonNow/form793561462/
where a letter to Congressmen Pallone, Frank, Jones et al and Senator Schumer thanking them for their support of
recreational, commercial and party/charter fishermen, their families and the businesses that depend on
In the letter the problems that fishermen have been facing and continue to face, the cause of those
problems, and the way to fix them – which boils down to restoring the role for fishermen that was
designed into the original Magnuson Act have been pointed out.
Please view the site and read the information. If you agree with it, please fill out the form and urge the
people who you fish or do business with to do the same. The future of our fisheries, and of who controls
them, depends on it.
Contact: Capt. Bob Zales, II
Conservation Cooperative of Gulf Fishermen, Phone 850-763-6242, Fax 850-763-3558, Email:ccgf@att.net
Conservation Cooperative of Gulf Fishermen, P.O.Box 53, Orange Beach, AL 36561 Phone 850-774-5822
Fax 850-763-3558