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Monday, April 4th, 2011 CCA TX Announces New Artifical Reef Off Port Mansfield

CCA Texas Announces New Artificial Reef Off Port Mansfield  4,000 concrete culverts set to go in nearshore waters this summer           The CCA Texas Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow (HTFT) program continues to pursue its aggressive goal to develop reefing projects in state waters all along the coast and has announced plans to drop 4,000 concrete culverts [...]

Friday, March 4th, 2011 CCA Habitat Program Targets Texas Mid-Coast

CCA habitat program targets Texas mid-coast   Latest reefing effort brings partners together to create near-shore reef fish habitat        Coastal Conservation Association has announced plans for a $100,000 reef project off the Texas mid-coast, funded by CCA Texas, CCA National’s Building Conservation Habitat Program, Shimano and in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Artificial Reef [...]

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 Annual Catch Limits: Unnecessary Limits & Limited Catch

Annual Catch Limits: Unnecessary Limits and Limited Catch   Anglers frustrated with unrealistic implementation of Magnuson-Stevens Act   SILVER SPRINGS, MD– A three-day workshop on annual catch limits (ACLs) sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that concludes this week leaves very little hope that the recreational sector will find a way to mitigate the negative impacts of [...]

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 Caught up in Catch Shares

Caught up in Catch Shares By Ted Venker Conservation Director Coastal Conservation Association   Much has been made about the catch share issue in recent months. Catch shares are a poorly understood issue that has been made more complicated by an absolute avalanche of mistruths, half-truths, and outright lies swirling about it in fishing chatrooms and blogs across the country. [...]

Friday, February 11th, 2011 STATEMENT OF CCA AT THE FEB 2011 MEETING OF THE GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

STATEMENT OF COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION AT THE FEBRUARY 2011 MEETING OF THE GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL: The oil and gas production rigs and structures of the Gulf of Mexico are generally regarded as one of the largest man-made artificial reef in the world, providing habitat to dozens of species of finfish and other marine [...]

Friday, February 11th, 2011 Gulf Council Begins to Act on Call for Reallocation

CCA’s call for reallocation could provide much-needed relief for recreational anglers GULFPORT, MS – The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has taken a long-awaited first step toward addressing outdated allocations between the commercial and recreational sectors in the grouper and red snapper fisheries. During its meeting this week in Gulfport, the Council voted to begin [...]

Thursday, February 10th, 2011 10th Annual Crab Trap Cleanup

CCA Texas encourages our volunteers, members and supporters to participate in the 10th Annual Crab Trap Cleanup project.  For more information, please see the TPWD News Release below TPWD News Release Media Contact: Mike Cox, 512-389-8046, mike.cox@tpwd.state.tx.us Feb. 10, 2011 Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Operation Set AUSTIN — Hoping to add to the pile of more than 27,500 derelict crab [...]

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 Gulf Council Focuses on Controversial Sector Separation

Written by Ted Venker on 09 February 2011 GULFPORT, MS – The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is meeting in Mississippi this week and the issue of sector separation is again in the spotlight as the Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystems Committee voted to remove it from the Annual Catch Limit/Accountability Measure Amendment and re-frame it either as [...]

Friday, February 4th, 2011 Coastal Fisheries Freeze Closure Extended

From Texas Parks Wildlife Press Release Feb. 4, 2011 Coastal Fisheries Freeze Closure Extended AUSTIN AUSTIN –The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has extended until noon on Monday, Feb. 7, the closure to fishing along parts of the coast to provide additional protection to the resource. A list of affected areas can be found on the TPWD Web site [...]

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 Winter Blast Puts the Brakes on Texas Fishing

Winter blast puts the brakes on Texas fishing Temporary closure in place on Texas Coast during freeze The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has issued a temporary closure to saltwater fishing along parts of the Texas coast to protect resources during freezing weather conditions. The closure took effect at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 2, and extends through [...]