tion on natural resources and fishing information.
The website,
www.ccamd.org, in- cludes four prominent categories on the home page — Top News, Grass- roots Action Center, CCA Advocacy, and CCA in the News, along with a navigation bar and secondary menu leading to fishing information, the CCA Newsroom, and more. There is also a search function and numerous photographs accompanying the major articles.
“Our goal was twofold — to create a
more attractive and more informative website,” said Friedrich. “We are still looking at refinements, but believe we’ve made a major step forward in user-friendliness.”
New kayak tourney
The Chesapeake Bay Kayak Anglers (CBKA) Inc. will hold its fishing tour- nament Saturday, Sept. 10, and has decided to donate all profits from the raffle auction to CCA Maryland. The tourney will be held at Camp Wright on Kent Island with a registration fee of $50. Tent camping at Camp Wright will be available as part of the registration and cabins are available for an addi- tional charge. CBKA strives to support various charities and promote the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay through kayak fishing. Registration and more in- formation may be obtained at
www.cbkainc.com.
NORTH CAROLINA
Chapter seeks gamefish status House Bill 353, an act to designate
red drum, striped bass and spotted sea trout as coastal game fish, is designed to help foster a recreational fishery cur- rently worth exponentially more in dollars and jobs than the commercial fishery.
The bill would help protect a valu- able public trust resource for the citizens of North Carolina (and other states) by removing the personal profit incentive to harvest these species. This incentive has driven all three of these species into depletion in the past, aided by a Marine Fisheries Commission that favored the welfare of a very few over the health of the resource. Similar to game fish bills that have been successfully implement- ed in Texas and Florida, HB 353 would require that these species be harvested recreationally and would prohibit the
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sale of these species. If passed, the bill would forever protect these valuable species from the possibility of commer- cial overharvest.
In 2005, only 691 commercial fisher-
men landed a red drum and only 216 of those make more than $200 from red drum harvest. For striped bass, the highest value commercial fishery of the three,
only 614 fishermen landed
striped bass in the estuary fishery and only 201 fishermen landed fish in the ocean fishery. Across both fisheries, only 68 fishermen earned more than $2,000 a year selling striped bass in 2004. Finally, for spotted seatrout, only 921 fishermen landed spotted seatrout and only 105 landed more than $1,000 worth of spotted seatrout in 2008. This suggests that very few, if any, commer- cial fishermen are dependent on har- vests of these three species.
As of this writing, the bill was still in committee. For the latest informa- tion, please visit
www.ccanc.org.
Banquet update The spring banquet season was a
great success, with increased atten- dance and greater interest in CCA due to excitement generated by the game- fish bill – HB 353. Many thanks to all who helped make these events a focal point for marine conservation. With a gamefish bill in play and perhaps the best opportunity ever to change the philosophy of how North Carolina manages its fisheries, it is more impor- tant than ever to spread the word and invite a friend or family member to join CCA NC. The fall banquet season is just around the corner!
CCA NC mourns the loss of past president
coastal recreational fishing license and his dedication to our coastal fisheries was without parallel.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Sea kayak raffle winner announced
Congratulations go to Jamie Doran
of Haverhill, Massachusetts, for pur- chasing the winning ticket for the Freedom Kayak Raffle. CCA NH appreciates all those who participated in this raffle and hopes to offer more raffles like this in the near future. Enjoy the kayak, Jamie!
Oyster project and festival
The Oyster Shell Recycling Project is
running smoothly and producing results. Board member Matt McCarthy has assumed the weekly shell collec- tions at area restaurants and is using the recycling trailer generously donat- ed by another board member, Mitch Kalter. New participants are being engaged in southern Maine.
It is with heavy heart that CCA NC mourns the loss of Mike Ward. Mike was a past president of CCA NC and longtime member of
the Triangle
Chapter. He was an active member of the state and executive boards and his experience and expertise in the Legislature will be sorely missed. He was instrumental in helping pass the
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Another large transfer of bagged shell was made in the late fall to the University of New Hampshire King- man Farm in Madbury. The collected shell will be used by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for direct and indi- rect reef restoration in Great Bay this summer. Gary Cote, of Sullivan Tire,
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