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Alabama Fishing News
BIRMINGHAM AREA WAL-MARTS HOST FLW TOUR PRO NIGHT
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — Fishing fans will have the opportunity to meet some of the most accomplished anglers in the world of competitive bass fishing at three Wal-Mart stores in the Birmingham area Saturday, March 29, from 6-8 p.m.
Recreational and Sport Fishing Enthusiasts -- voices are needed to help stop the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) from implementing the Red Snapper Interim Rule.
Orange Beach, AL (PRWEB) November 12, 2006 -- Recreational and Sport Fishing Enthusiasts -- voices are needed to help stop the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) from implementing the Red Snapper Interim Rule.
In order to counter the thousands of signatures from environmental groups requesting the NMFS to drop the Red Snapper Total Allowable Catch (TAC) to 5.8 million pounds, the Orange Beach Fishing Association (OBFA) has created an online petition. This petition supports the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's decision to delay, by four months, any further action on Red Snapper, and supports the voluntary buyout of a portion of the commercial quota which would then be transferred to the recreational sector. It is not a question of if Red Snapper should be protected, but how they should be protected. The new rules create an undue burden on recreational and sport fishing enthusiasts.
Among other things, the NMFS interim rule proposes:
• Setting the Red Snapper TAC at 5.8 million pounds, proportionately reducing the commercial and recreational quotas
• Reducing the recreational bag limit to 2 fish
• Setting the for-hire captain and crew bag limit at zero
• Reducing commercial minimum size limit to 13 inches
This Interim Rule is being pushed by environmentalist groups based on flawed data. Recreational and sport fishing enthusiasts nationwide must speak up and let the NMFS know this is not acceptable to the recreational fishing sector! Your signature on this petition will have an impact!
Please visit www.OrangeBeach.ws/OBFA_Info.html for additional information and a link to the OBFA's online petition. Please don't delay, as time is running out for your support of this positive action.
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Press Contact: Ken Cooper
Company Name: The Orange Beach Community Website
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 251-981-4455
Website: http://www.OrangeBeach.ws
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Auburn University's Department of Agricultural Economics are asking Alabama fishing license buyers for their cooperation. During November, Auburn University will conduct a mail survey to better understand the State's recreational fishing public.
Randomly selected fishing license buyers will be asked questions such as which type of fishing they do, where and how often they fish throughout the year, and what other activities they do while fishing. Additionally, the cost and value of fishing to anglers will also be explored. According to the 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, anglers spent $723 million on fishing trips and equipment in Alabama during 2001.
Summary information from the survey will be shared with the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, with results used to improve the overall experiences of anglers. The surveyed information from anglers will be kept confidential and used only for research purposes.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources promotes wise stewardship, management and enjoyment of Alabama's natural resources through five divisions: Marine Police, Marine Resources, State Parks, State Lands, and Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. To learn more about ADCNR and Alabama's state public fishing lakes, visit www.OutdoorAlabama.com.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) announces that David Rainer, longtime outdoors editor of the Mobile Press Register, has joined ADCNR as an outdoor writer. Rainer will pen a weekly column on a variety of topics. The new column, Outdoor Alabama Online, will cover a gamut of outdoors activities such as viewing bald eagles at Lake Guntersville, hunting white-tailed deer during the breeding season, catching bull redfish along Alabama's scenic coast and other timely conservation issues. Outdoor Alabama Online premiers the week of November 13 at www.outdooralabama.com.
In addition to posting the Outdoor Alabama Online column weekly on the ADCNR Web site, it is also being made available to media outlets for publication. We encourage you to run it as a weekly column. It can be downloaded from the Web site or can be provided electronically through e-mail.
Fishing, hunting, wildlife viewing and other nature-based recreation produce a $4.3 billion annual economic impact in Alabama. Therefore, we believe the wildlife conservation column will add a new dimension to your news and information coverage that will be popular with a broad array of readers.
If you are interested in picking up the Outdoor Alabama Online column for publication, please contact the ADCNR Information & Education Section at 334-242-3151.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources promotes wise stewardship, management and enjoyment of Alabama's natural resources through five divisions: Marine Police, Marine Resources, State Parks, State Lands, and Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. To learn more about ADCNR visit www.outdooralabama.com.
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