Sportfishing Industry Discusses Fish Passage with Federal Agencies
On August 20th, members of the recreational fishing community joined federal agencies tasked with overseeing fisheries management for the summer gathering of Fisheries Community and Federal Agency Network.
Led by ASA, the group is aimed at getting recreational fishing and boating groups and federal agencies in the same room to discuss opportunities for improving access, habitat and promotion of our nation’s great fisheries.
The topic of this month’s meeting was fish passage successes and future opportunities through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.
ASA Joins Qualified Captain Podcast
ASA’s Mike Leonard, Mike Waine, and Martha Guyas joined the Qualified Captain Podcast to discuss issues like North Atlantic right whale speed restrictions, flounder season, red snapper population, striped bass, and our increased number of sharks. Click the link below to listen and watch the full episode on Qualified Captain’s YouTube channel.
Upcoming Webinar on Sustainable Packaging for Fishing Products
September 9 | 1 PM ET Join ASA and sustainability expert, Rick Crawford, for the next edition of our Sustainability Toolkit Webinar Series. This month, we’ll talk about alternative packaging options for fishing products, such as lures and hooks, that can lessen plastic pollution and improve your company’s bottom line. Click the link below to register.
PFAS Reporting Webinar Recording Posted to ASA’s YouTube Channel
In late 2023, the EPA finalized a PFAS Reporting Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Under that rule, companies must report PFAS manufactured or imported into the U.S. between 2011 and 2022. With reporting due in less than a year, many groups in our industry have questions about this important topic. To help, ASA hosted a webinar on August 22, 2024, to provide our members with an overview of this important issue. In this recording, James Pollack, regulatory lawyer at Marten Law, shares his extensive knowledge of PFAS regulatory compliance at the federal and state levels. Click below to watch the full recording.
About
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) is the sportfishing industry’s trade association committed to representing the interests of the sportfishing and boating industries as well as the entire sportfishing community. We give the industry and anglers a unified voice when emerging laws and policies could significantly affect sportfishing business or sportfishing itself. ASA invests in long-term ventures to ensure the industry will remain strong and prosperous, as well as safeguard and promote the enduring economic, conservation and social values of sportfishing in America. ASA also gives America’s 55 million anglers a voice in policy decisions that affect their ability to sustainably fish on our nation’s waterways through Keep America Fishing, our national angler advocacy campaign. America’s anglers generate nearly $50 billion in retail sales with a $125 billion impact on the nation’s economy creating employment for 800,000 people.
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