Recreational Fishing in the  Pacific Ocean is

 in Peril.

Anti-recreational fishing groups seek to ban recreational fishing in pending Pacific Ocean marine protected area designations

The Situation

In spite of President George W. Bush’s recent memo and an Executive Order which clarified that recreational fishing should be sustained in marine protected area designations, recreational fishing opponents are intensively lobbying the White House and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to ban recreational fishing in vast areas of the Central Pacific Ocean.

This sets a dangerous precedent regarding recreational fishing in any federal waters, saltwater or fresh, which the Executive Order and Executive Memo was designed to protect. 

Please act now! Your help is needed to support recreational fishing in the Pacific today and on your coastline in the future. 

To maintain recreational fishing in the Pacific Ocean and all federal waters, we are asking you to tell the White House and NOAA to stay the course and uphold the President’s decision regarding recreational fishing.