Your weekly look at how ASA’s government affairs team is hard at work supporting sound fisheries policies throughout the country.
ASA Advocating for Smart Fisheries Policies in the Farm Bill
ASA’s Mike Leonard and Connor Bevan participated in a Farm Bill fly-in event on Capitol Hill to advocate for smart fisheries and conservation policies within this year’s Farm Bill. ASA hopes to see the Farm Bill’s Conservation Title expand sportfishing access and improve the health of fish throughout the nation’s lands and waters. Learn more
Call on your Senators to Cosponsor the America’s Outdoor Recreation Act!
As you learned last week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved the America’s Outdoor Recreation Act. Although the bill is an important legislative package that will improve public land access and recreational fishing opportunities, it still needs more Senate cosponsors. Use our Keep America Fishing portal to ask your Senators to support this important measure today! Send a Message
South Atlantic Red Snapper Season Limited to Just Two Days
Last week, NOAA Fisheries announced that this year’s South Atlantic recreational red snapper season will only run for two days, July 14th and 15th. We are disappointed in NOAA for making this decision, which is contrary to the real-world indicators showing how healthy the fishery’s population is. We encourage the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, NOAA Fisheries and the states along the southern Atlantic to work toward innovative approaches to management and data collection improvements that provide reasonable harvest access for anglers while continuing to benefit the red snapper population. Learn more
ASA’s Mike Waine Summarizes Striped Bass Action on Podcasts
ASA’s Atlantic Fisheries Policy Director Mike Waine was recently interviewed on two podcasts to discuss how the Atlantic Fishery’s Management Council’s emergency management action helps the striped bass population and puts the iconic fishery on the road to rebuilding. On May 8th, Waine appeared on The OTW Podcast to discuss the action while last week, Waine appeared on Fisherman Magazine’s The Road Podcast. Learn more
About
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) is the sportfishing industry’s trade association committed to representing the interests of the sportfishing and boating industries as well as the entire sportfishing community. We give the industry and anglers a unified voice when emerging laws and policies could significantly affect sportfishing business or sportfishing itself. ASA invests in long-term ventures to ensure the industry will remain strong and prosperous, as well as safeguard and promote the enduring economic, conservation and social values of sportfishing in America. ASA also gives America’s 55 million anglers a voice in policy decisions that affect their ability to sustainably fish on our nation’s waterways through Keep America Fishing, our national angler advocacy campaign. America’s anglers generate nearly $50 billion in retail sales with a $125 billion impact on the nation’s economy creating employment for 800,000 people.
