The Fishing Rights
Alliance, FRA, advocates the sustainable use of and access to marine fisheries.
The FRA promotes reasonable and effective fisheries management policies
primarily through community and political activism and user group interaction
with the scientific community and the various regulatory agencies.
The FRA also endeavors to
inform and educate the membership and general public about issues concerning
access
to marine resources. The FRA will actively defend the right to
access.
The FRA acts to assure
that fishery regulation is based on sound scientific methods using valid data
and an accurate
picture of the fishery.
The FRA will stand
up and fight to protect your fishing rights.
"We have supported legislative language that would
prevent ... limited access privilege programs"
"NOAA would be well-advised not to pursue such an
imprudent course."
"We intend to pursue inclusion of the prohibition on
funding new limited access privilege programs in ...
2012..."
"We would like to know if NOAA intends to ignore public
opposition to catch shares..."
Excerpts from Congressional letter to Dr. Lubchenco.
TAKE ACTION NOW
GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS
Some of you may know that a recent opinion piece was
published in the St. Pete Times. The writer put himself
out as the big cheese at a yacht dealership, then
proceeded to prove to most anglers that he knew little
of the realities of fisheries management. The outcry
was pretty solid, and the owner of the yacht dealership
was caught in the crossfire.
Savage Yachts supports sound fisheries management. The
owner of Savage Yachts, Matt Taylor, spoke with me last
week. He is a good guy and his company supports sound
management, not the catch shares mantra expressed by an
employee of only six months.
While we are most certainly in a time of heightened
awareness and sensitivity to our plight, we must realize
that many people have good intentions but are mislead by
propaganda. We should seek to enlighten the less
knowledgeable, and in doing so enlighten ourselves.
Defend
your right to fish where you want (Resource Access).
Alert
members to write/call/attend when needed
Maintain
contact with fisheries management agencies
Question
bad science
Defend
your rights using good science
Protect
the resource so you can still catch fish (Sustainable harvest).
When
reason, logic and facts are not enough…..Legal action through our
retained Legal Counsel.
Check out the various pages of the
website. There is much information to be found. We hope you will join the FRA at the
very least sign up for our Call To Action e-mails, which is free! Start defending YOUR fishing rights
TODAY!
