In an effort to bring cohesion to the saltwater recreational fishing community, the RFA has launched the RED ALERT campaign. We can no longer afford to work as individuals or splinter cells. We have to work together and pool our … Read More
Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 Introduced in the House
U.S. Reps. Graves, Green, Webster, Wittman Champion Federal Saltwater Fisheries Reform Washington, D.C. – April 6, 2017 – The recreational fishing and boating community praised the introduction of a bill that addresses critical challenges facing saltwater recreational fishing at … Read More
Defying Science and Logic: A Look Into Recreational Cobia Closure
Last March as many along the east coast were preparing for the upcoming 2016 cobia migration into near shore and inshore waters, cobia anglers were at a loss when NMFS announced a June 20th closure date in federal waters. A … Read More
Secretary of Commerce: Suspend the Arbitrary 2017 Cobia Closure – RFA
Once again, flawed data and arbitrary control measures drop the hammer on the recreational anglers on the east coast. NMFS has announced that Cobia harvest will be closed in federal waters (3-200 nautical miles) from Georgia’s southern border to New … Read More
Maryland Sees Low Striped Bass Recruitment
Very successful striper spawning years, as recently as 2011 and 2015, should more than compensate for Maryland’s below-average 2016 year class. Back on October 15, the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources announced that the 2016 young-of-the-year striped bass index … Read More
Charleston Winter Trout Tactics with Jamie Hough
Each Fall season in the marsh estuaries of the southeast, anglers that aren’t too consumed with deer hunting and football get to experience some of the best Trout fishing you will find anywhere. Even the famed Louisiana fishery has to … Read More
SECTOR SEPARATION – “CAP AND TRADE” FOR OUR FISHERIES by Tom Hilton
Written by Tom Hilton for Making Waves To understand the motives behind Sector Separation, you must first understand who is pushing it, and why. Do a little research on The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which is raking in hundreds of … Read More
NOAA Murders Baby Whale – Policy Overrides Common Sense
Your child is sick, lethargic, and too young to speak. So you euthanize it, right? Of course you don’t. It’s simple common sense. But common sense gives way to bureaucracy as was the case when a baby whale was stranded … Read More
RFA Anticipates Positive Change Under President Trump’s Leadership
New Gretna, NJ, – When the news broke this morning that Donald J. Trump had been elected to serve as the 45 th president of the United States, the Recreational Fishing Alliance’s Executive Director Jim Donofrio couldn’t have been more pleased. … Read More