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The Biden Administration outlined its vision to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, commonly known as the “30 by 30 Initiative.” The administration’s “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful” report is a 10-year conservation plan that focuses on expanding collaborative conservation efforts, restoring critical ecosystems, such as the Everglades and Great Lakes, and increasing access for outdoor ...

The Center for Coastal Conservation has changed its name to the Center for Sportfishing Policy. The new name more accurately reflects the center’s purpose, which is to organize, focus and engage recreational fishing stakeholders to shape federal marine fisheries management policies, the center’s leaders said. “Under the new name, the Center for Sportfishing Policy will continue to advocate for sound ...

A coalition of industry and trade associations on Wednesday released a series of recommendations to improve management of and access to federal fisheries. The report, A Vision for Marine Fisheries Management in the 21st Century: Priorities for a New Administration is designed to offer guidance to the incoming administration and the new Congress that strives to balance improving access to ...

For the recreational boater, waterway access, safe navigation and clean waters are essential. Today on Capitol Hill, recreational boating and fishing industries will hold a Congressional Boating Caucus briefing and panel discussion on the need for Congress to reauthorize the Water Resource Development Act (WRDA). The legislation provides funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration such as the Everglades, fisheries improvements, ...

The BI Weekly 5 is a collection of tips, news and data affecting the boating industry this week. Be sure to look for the BI Weekly 5 every week on BoatingIndustry.com. 1. Center for Coastal Conservation launches ‘Let America Fish’ campaign The Center for Coastal Conservation has announced a new “Let America Fish” campaign, aimed at highlighting the impact of ...

The recreational fishing industry is cheering the president’s decision to allow fishing in the expanded Northwest Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. President Obama on Friday announced a vast expansion of the monument, known as Papahanaumokuakea, out to 200 miles or the limits of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, creating the world’s largest marine protected area. In 2006, President George W. ...

The Center for Coastal Conservation lent its backing to the Miami International Boat Show Friday, urging its members to support the show as it moves to its new home at Miami Marine Stadium Park and Basin. Center president Jeff Angers wrote in a blog post that industry supporters need to fight efforts by the village of Key Biscayne to block ...

Under a new plan announced Friday, the National Park Service will limit fishing and boating in Biscayne National Park. That decision comes despite numerous objections to the plan raised by the recreational boating and fishing community. “America’s recreational fishing community is disheartened by the National Park Service’s decision to  implement a marine reserve at Biscayne National Park,” said Jeff Angers, ...

Washington, D.C. – The directors of the state fish and wildlife agencies from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas announced an agreement for state-based management of Gulf of Mexico red snapper, which in recent years has experienced increasing privatization of this public resource and decreasing recreational fishing opportunities. The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm from the recreational fishing and boating ...

Much has been made of the pending reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), which manages commercial and recreational saltwater fisheries in the United States. It’s a contentious bill that, recreational marine interests suggest, is too heavily weighted toward the commercial fishing industry while giving short shrift to the nation’s recreational fishing and boating interests. Similarly, much ...