Saturday and Sunday, CCA NH will have an outreach booth at the Pelham Fly Show. If you can help man the booth, contact Don Swanson at salty4fly2@comcast.net
Board Meeting, 6:30pm, at Zampa's Bistro, Epping, NH. All are welcome.
Navtronics and Redman Marine Fabricators of York Maine hosting their 2nd annual open house. 1st Light Anglers will be presenting, and CCA NH will have an outreach table. For more info, visit www.navtronics.com
12th annual CCANH Banquet & Fundraiser
Register soon: Call Don Swanson at 603-731-2669 .... LEARN MORE >>
4th Annual Fly Auction, 5-7pm at Weeksies Pizza, Dover. Great Bay TU's fundraiser event. To learn lore visit www.greatbaytu.org
Eldredge Brothers Fly Shop, 7th Annual Fly Fishing Expo, 9am - 4pm, Cape Neddick, ME. CCA NH will have an outreach table, and will be serving hot dogs and burgers. Come on by! For more info, go to
www.eldredgeflyshop.com
Kittery Trading Post Paddle Sports Show, Durham, NH. CCA NH outreach event. Contact Jeff Barnum. For more event information go to ktp.com
Coastal Cleanup, 9am, Wallis Sands State Park. Collaboration with the Blue Ocean Society and Home Depot. Should be done by noon, contact Jeff Barnum for more information.
Check out the CCA Newsroom, the place to find out the latest information on federal fishery management issues in the Gulf of Mexico, along the East Coast, in the South Atlantic, and in the Pacific Northwest.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland announced the continued support by the US for a proposal to ban all international commercial trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna at this month's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Doha, Qatar.
The striped bass is once again facing a decline in its numbers, and efforts to stem the losses have stoked tensions between commercial and recreational fishermen.
ASMFC moves forward with addendum increasing commercial harvest, while New York takes steps toward a directed trawl fishery.
Read More (Reel-Time.com post)
Starting January 1, most New Hampshire saltwater recreational anglers and spearfishers will need to be registered to fish for anadromous species in tidal waters or for any fish in Federal waters.
For additional info, see NOAA Article
October, 2009
After years of planning and a summer of work, those involved in the removal of Winnicut River Dam celebrated a new era for the river
Read More (SeacoastOnline.com)
November 3, 2009
Coastal Conservation Association commends the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) for denying a proposal to increase the commercial harvest of striped bass at its meeting this week in Newport, Rhode Island.
October, 2009
The Orvis Company of Manchester, Vt. recently announced a grant award of $10,000 to CCA NH to initiate an oyster shell recycling program and bed restoration in Great Bay.