We Need Your Support to Protect Louisiana’s Sportsman’s Paradise!
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Louisiana has earned the title Sportsman’s Paradise and supports unique, world-renowned opportunities to fish for iconic species such as redfish, yellowfin tuna, speckled trout, tarpon, cobia, red snapper and many others.
Our Sportsman’s Paradise is at risk due to the current mismanagement of industrial menhaden fishing in Louisiana waters and would be improved by enacting HB 1033 which is currently being voted on in the legislature.
The Problem
Currently, industrial menhaden fishing removes more than 1 billion pounds of pogies and millions of pounds of bycatch every year from the Gulf – 70% of that comes from Louisiana state waters. This is a Louisiana problem since all Gulf States have already implemented harvest quotas.
We are long overdue for reasonable regulations. It’s time to support HB-1033! Send a letter now!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
There are three ways you can help:
Send your support for HB 1033 now!
There are no restrictions to harvesting within proximity to beaches and some bays and very limited regulations in federal waters. There are no catch limits for pogies in Louisiana waters,
Creating a one-mile buffer to protect beaches and important sportfish will not limit the harvest level for pogie fisherman, so there are no industrial fishing jobs at risk from creating
Louisiana is the only coastal state that allows industrial pogie fishing right up against its beaches. Here in Louisiana, two companies take about 1 billion pounds of pogies – about
Leading up to the Governor’s election, CCA Louisiana sent a list of questions to the major candidates. These are critical issues to our members and to anglers in Louisiana. Each question
Leading up to the Governor’s election, CCA Louisiana sent a list of questions to the major candidates. These are critical issues to our members and to anglers in Louisiana. Each question
Leading up to the Governor’s election, CCA Louisiana sent a list of questions to the major candidates. These are critical issues to our members and to anglers in Louisiana. Each question
Industrial pogie fishing depletes our coastal fish and wildlife, negatively affecting the local ecosystem, and threatening Louisiana tourism. Do you have photos or videos? Do you have a story to tell? We need your help to support a buffer for our surf zone!
