
ASA appoints new membership director
The American Sportfishing Association has hired Kirk Ross as its new membership director. Most recently, Ross had been in the same role at the Arkansas Cattleman’s Association.

The American Sportfishing Association has hired Kirk Ross as its new membership director. Most recently, Ross had been in the same role at the Arkansas Cattleman’s Association.

Recreational fishing is now a priority at the Commerce Department, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said during the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s third National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Summit on Thursday.
AFTCO, which donates 10 percent of its profit through its “10% Pledge” initiative, is launching an AFTCO/B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant Program.
The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation is seeking proposals in a pilot program to promote sustainable recreational fishing in a major Northeastern marine sanctuary.
Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing! is offering its second seminar series of 2018 on the weekend of April 27 at Chaos Fishing in Pompano Beach, Fla.
A fishery management official is speaking out against an exempted fishing permit allowing longline fishing in an area off Florida’s west coast that has been closed to that activity since 2001.

Federal fisheries managers are asking for feedback on a pilot program that would give states oversight of recreationally caught red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico region.
The Massachusetts Marine Trades Educational Trust has opened the grant application process for its Kids in Boating initiative for the second year.
Advocates for south Florida recreational fishing are cheering the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir project, which the South Florida Water Management District voted to submit to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
Recreational boating and fishing groups are speaking out against a permit that would allow longline fishing vessels into an area that had been previously closed to them because of the depleted swordfish population.

The American Sportfishing Association has hired Kirk Ross as its new membership director. Most recently, Ross had been in the same role at the Arkansas Cattleman’s Association.

Recreational fishing is now a priority at the Commerce Department, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said during the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s third National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Summit on Thursday.
AFTCO, which donates 10 percent of its profit through its “10% Pledge” initiative, is launching an AFTCO/B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant Program.
The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation is seeking proposals in a pilot program to promote sustainable recreational fishing in a major Northeastern marine sanctuary.
Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing! is offering its second seminar series of 2018 on the weekend of April 27 at Chaos Fishing in Pompano Beach, Fla.
A fishery management official is speaking out against an exempted fishing permit allowing longline fishing in an area off Florida’s west coast that has been closed to that activity since 2001.

Federal fisheries managers are asking for feedback on a pilot program that would give states oversight of recreationally caught red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico region.
The Massachusetts Marine Trades Educational Trust has opened the grant application process for its Kids in Boating initiative for the second year.
Advocates for south Florida recreational fishing are cheering the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir project, which the South Florida Water Management District voted to submit to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
Recreational boating and fishing groups are speaking out against a permit that would allow longline fishing vessels into an area that had been previously closed to them because of the depleted swordfish population.