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| Understanding your CCA-Jay Dail |
This week's guest is Jay Dail, President of CCA North Carolina.
What do you see CCA NC becoming in the next three years and what are the goals of CCA NC?
I don't see CCA NC changing very much at all! Before everyone quits reading...look, we are one of, if not the largest organized group of recreational anglers in the state. We are certainly the largest coastal conservation group in the state and I don't want to see that change. As an organization we need to be more focused and more committed to the viability of our states fisheries. In addition, over the next three years we must continue to grow and communicate, to all types of anglers, the needs and successes of our marine resources. We have areas where we certainly can improve on, but overall fundamentally, we need not change.
As far as our goals...generically speaking, conserve, promote and enhance our coastal resources! That sums it up pretty well. How do we do that? Let me count the ways! We will continue to work/advise on the N.C. Oyster Shell Recycling Program, the N.C. Artificial Reef Program, The Coastal Recreational Fishing License Funds, and the Dolphin Tagging Study just to name a small few! In addition, we will continue to work closely with the Marine Fisheries Commission, whether via meetings, or actively involved on Fisheries Management Plan Committees to make sure that the voices of recreational anglers statewide are heard, and most importantly that the Commission does what is best for our resource. Specifically, I would like to see CCA NC take a very active role on the elimination of destructive fishing gear, in addition to aggressively tackling issues ranging from Dual Enforcement for our Marine Patrol Officers, Negating the effects of the Locks and Dams on the fisheries of the Cape Fear River to game fish status for Red Drum. There are many, many issues that continue to affect our coastal resources, and we need to be in a position to meet these challenges. That includes being fiscally sound, but more importantly we need anglers supporting and taking an active role in all aspects of our State's fishery management.
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| 16 Jan 2009 - 09:23 by CCA North Carolina |
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| Process or Proclamation? |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2009
CONTACT: Ted Venker, 1-800-201-FISH
From the South Atlantic to the western Pacific, federal marine management is a study in contrasts.
The United States has acted twice this week to impose restrictions on vast sections of ocean, dictating the future accessibility of those important resources. One action took years of scientific study and required dozens of public meetings attended by hundreds of concerned citizens, and thousands of hours of effort and organization before being implemented. The other took just months and was accomplished by the stroke of a pen. Taken together, the two recent marine management actions have cast a confusing net over the world of federal fisheries management.
In one case, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced plans to establish eight management areas off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida designed to recover stressed populations of deep-water snapper and grouper. The federal rule, prepared by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, will prohibit bottom fishing in the designated areas, but will allow trolling and surface fishing over the protected bottom habitat.
Designation of the areas is the result of an extensive public process over several years that included input from various user groups, including the sportfishing community and commercial fishers.
"We regret that past management failures have left us today with a very short list of options for recovering these important species," said Frederic Miller, chairman of Coastal Conservation Association's (CCA) National Government Relations Committee. "However, we recognize that properly managing long-lived, slow-growing deepwater species is a particular challenge, and the careful process that produced these management measures demonstrates exactly how these decisions should be made. The South Atlantic Council should be commended for pursuing a course of action that was based on science and invited public comment on all the various management options that were presented."
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| 8 Jan 2009 - 11:50 by CCA North Carolina |
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