Rick Crawford
I learned a lot during this episode of The Sustainable Angler talking with American Saltwater Guides Association’s Capt. John McMurray and Tony Friedrich. We discuss everything from Magnusson Stevens Act and overfishing to how the American Saltwater Guides Association is moving the needle by affecting fisheries policy by representing anglers who understand that our fish stocks are declining and it will take good policy to protect the resource for future generations. We also discuss how climate change is impacting migratory patterns such as summer flounder and black sea bass and how that affects fish stocks on a state level as far as redistribution goes. Finally we talk a little fishing like catching a bluefin tuna on fly! Hope you enjoy!
If you are unfamiliar with the American Saltwater Guides Association, here’s some info from their website: “We are a coalition of forward-thinking guides, small business owners and like-minded anglers who understand the value of keeping fish in the water. We realize that abundance equals opportunity, and that such opportunity is quite a bit more important to the future of fishing than low size limits and full coolers.”
I’d like to thank John and Tony for their time, but also for the amazing work they are doing and for representing anglers like myself who want to protect our natural resources for the sake of opportunity and future generations. If you’d like to donate to the American Saltwater Guide’s Association, click HERE.
Also, thank you to Turneffe Flats for sponsoring this episode of The Sustainable Angler podcast, which is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. We also recently created a YouTube channel, so don’t forget to subscribe there! If you like what you are hearing, it would help us out a lot if you gave us a follow, rating or review and/or subscribed and shared our episodes through social media so that we can continue to educate and create more awareness about environmental threats to our fisheries while also sharing success stories that inspire action!