the Coastal Impact Assistance Pro- gram (CIAP) for $3.2 million for oyster restoration in the East Galveston Bay area. The requested funds are for a project that would restore in excess of 100 acres of oyster reef, and the subse- quent monitoring of the project. The funding process will be administered by the Texas General Land Office, as the funds are a product of offshore oil and gas leases. CCA Texas’s Executive Board has approved $500,000 in matching funds, should the funds be rewarded. Final selections will be announced in the fourth quarter of 2011 as well as the first quarter of 2012.
Volunteer Marsh Grass Planting Day
Between 70 and 80 volunteers showed up on Dec. 4, 2010 to take part in a volunteer marsh grass planting day at the Nueces Bay marsh restora- tion project located between Portland and Corpus Christi along the Portland Causeway. This project, led by Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP), will eventually restore approximately 160 acres of lost marsh. CCA Texas’s habitat initiative, Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow (HTFT), has contributed $24,000 to the project. These funds include $10,000 raised by CCA Texas volunteers in the banquet fundraising process, $10,000 secured by HTFT from the FishAmerica Foun- dation and $4,000 secured by HTFT from West Marine. This restoration project will help
provide lost intertidal marsh that is a critical part of the bay ecosystem pro- viding essential habitat for juvenile fish, shrimp and crabs and feeding grounds for bigger fish and other ani- mals within the ecosystem. Studies have shown that this area has lost as much as 340 acres of marsh over the last 30 years. In the 1940s, causeway construction and related dredging resulted in the loss of about 180 acres and since then studies show that an additional 160 acres have been lost due to erosion and subsidence.
VIRGINIA
Members bid and bet at Central gala
The Central chapter banquet/auc- tion at Colonial Downs racetrack gave members and their guests exciting new ways to support conservation as more than $13,000 was raised in support of
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our work on marine regulation and leg- islation. Those wishing to assist with CCA Virginia projects are encouraged to call state Chairman Larry Snider, 757-850-4912.
James River float The annual James River Float and
Picnic in August brought members and friends together just to have some fun on one of Virginia’s great rivers. The five-hour drift attracted statewide participation as the fun flotilla pad- dled, fished and splashed its way from Cartersville to West View where Keith and Heidi Workman treated the entire crew to hamburgers and hot dogs.
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WASHINGTON
Big crab win for anglers in Puget Sound
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to bring more fair- ness to the Puget Sound Dungeness fishery by increasing the recreational share of the harvest by 50 percent and allowing for future growth of recre- ational crabbing by putting a priority on recreational crabbing. This long- overdue policy change rightfully recog- nizes the importance of recreational crabbing in Puget Sound and provides a significant increase in opportunity for Puget Sound crabbers. The Com- mission’s decision increases equity in the crab allocation and is a victory for recreational crabbers.
This is a huge milestone for the
recreational angling community, rep- resenting one of the most noteworthy victories in years. The change was strongly opposed by commercial crab- bing interests. Along with several recreational fishing groups, CCA Washington was engaged in this process from start to finish, and turned out hundreds of members to testify to the Commission in-person and by e-mail.
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