RFA VOLUNTEERS TAKE ON FLORIDA FISHERIES FIGHT New RFA-FL Leadership Ups Ante In Effort To Protect Red Snapper Fishery March 16, 2011 – Grassroots efforts to safeguard the rights of saltwater anglers in the Southeast have been significantly strengthened this week with official announcement of a new board of volunteer officers for the Florida chapter [...]

SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS MAGNUSON RFA Says Today’s Hearing Shows Fishermen Have Much Work Ahead For Reform The first official hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard under new Chairman, Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) and the 112th Congress took place this morning in the Russell Senate Office Building in [...]

September 20, 2010 Contact: Kim Iverson  /  Public Information Officer  /  Toll Free 866/SAFMC-10 OR 843/571-4366 Federal fishery managers met last week in Charleston, South Carolina to discuss several amendments currently under development that may impact fishermen in the future who target species such as snapper, grouper, dolphin, and mackerel.  An issue of special interest [...]