York Harbor Striper Tourney
June 22-23, 2008. Last year's tournament was a
huge success - please join us again this year to help make this one even better.
Penobscot River Striped Bass Tournament
June 21 - July 26 2008Come on up and help us tag as many fish as possible.
Casco Bay Chapter:
March 20 -
2008 Annual Casco Bay Chapter Banquet
Kennebec Chapter:
Busy Planning the banquet, check back soon
Mission Statement:
Dedicated to the protection and restoration of marine life for the enjoyment of all.
CCA Accomplishments
- CCA Maine is a part of the nation's largest marine conservation association with more
than 90,000 members through 15 state chapters.
- CCA is recognized by fisheries managers as instrumental in the recovery of redfish,
striped bass, king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, speckled trout, grouperand swordfish.
- CCA eliminated commercial striped bass fishing in the EEZ through the Striped Bass
Act reauthorization in 1998.
- CCA has helped establish gamefish status for billfish and redfish, net bans in four states
and the prohibition of many destructive commercial geartypes.
- CCA Maine successfully worked to ban gill nets and purse seines in the Presumpscot
River.
- CCA sued NMFS in federal court to reduce excessive billfish, shark and turtle bycatch in
Atlantic and Gulf longline operations.
- CCA Maine reduced the number of commercial licenses sold to elver fishermen by 70
percent, shorted eel season by three weeks, and removed 3,000 harmful nets from
Maine waters.
- CCA has a registered lobbyist in Washington D.C. and has been active in federal
fisheries issues since 1984.
- CCA Maine helped obtain gamefish status for shad.
- CCA Maine helped secure $2.5 million from Bath Iron Works to remove Edwards Dam on the
Kennebec River.
- CCA has an annual audit and tax return prepared by a nationally recognized public
accounting firm.
- CCA has a full time, expert consultant for all fisheries management issues and who
provides representation for CCA at every Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
meeting.
- CCA has a legal defense fund that has been used to defend net bans and bycatch
reduction devices, support pro-fisheries legislation, and enforce existing fisheries
regulations.
News
Winslow Dam breach OK'd
3/18/08 - FPL Energy appears to have cleared the final hurdle to its plan to breach Fort Halifax Dam this summer.
2008 Tournaments in the works
Striper Season is still a few months away, but we're already working on a couple of great catch and release striper tournaments for 2008. You can check out our Tournament Page for more information.
10/22/07Sedgwick fisherman faces $510,000 fine
The captain of the Western Sea fishing boat and the vessel's owner face $510,000 in fines from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration for allegedly failing to comply with federal reporting laws on herring landings.
NOAA concluded that the vessel's captain, Daniel Fill, 43, of Sedgwick, failed to report about 15 million pounds of herring harvested in the Gulf of Maine between June 1 and late August, resulting in 51 violations of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act.
Read the full article on the Bangor Daily News website
8/8/07Fort Halifax Dam one step closer to removal
Colin Hickey discusses the latest Supreme Judicial Court decision regarding the dam on the Sebasticook River in Winslow. You can read the full article online on the Morning Sentinel web site
7/11/07Sappi Agrees to removal of Cumberland Mills Dam
An article by John Richardson discusses the agreement in more detail on the Morning Sentinel web site
4/23/07 CCA Maine Testifies in favor of L.D. 1811.
CCA Maine Executive Director Ian Burnes testified at a public hearing in favor of L.D. 1811 - An Act to Create A Saltwater Recreational fishing license.
You can read the full text of his testimony here: CCA Maine Testimony.