American Fishing Wire President to Testify Before House Natural Resources Committee
Mike Shields, President of American Fishing Wire in Coatesville, PA, will testify before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries on Tuesday, June 24. Mike’s testimony will focus on the Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025 sponsored by Reps. Dingell (D-MI) and Wittman (R-VA). The current authorization of the Sport Fish Restoration Fund expires in late 2026.
American Fishing Wire and thousands of recreational fishing equipment manufacturers pay up to a 10% excise tax on most fishing equipment. This excise tax is used to fund habitat conservation efforts and access improvements across the country.
You can watch the hearing live tomorrow at 10:15 AM ET at the link below.
Take Action: Oppose Public Land Sales in Senate Budget Reconciliation
The U.S. Senate is considering a proposal that would force the sale of millions of acres of public land. Provisions in the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill call for federal agencies to sell off between 2 and 3 million acres, threatening public access to lands and waters across 11 Western states. These provisions would bypass the transparent, established process that ensures public input and that any land sales benefit conservation efforts.
Urge your Senators to reject this harmful language and protect our public lands. Click the link below to make your voice heard.
ASA Joins Outdoor Recreation Industry in Funding Request for Outdoor Recreation Satellite Accounts
ASA joined the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable and almost three dozen outdoor recreation organizations in urging Congress to continue funding the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Accounts at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The most recent data from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows that outdoor recreation generated $1.2 trillion and 5 million American jobs in 2022, comprising 2.3% of the nation’s economy and 3.1% of all employees in the country.
The outdoor recreation economy relies on this data as do Governors, Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, land management agencies and others across state, local, and federal governments.
Click below to read the full letter.
About The American Sportfishing Association
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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