Posts tagged “North Carolina

CONTEST: Help Redfish, Win a Reel

Posted on February 26, 2009

Redfish photos should look like this… Not this… Our friend Capt. Gordon, a North Carolina fly fishing guide, wants to make the second picture a thing of the past, so more people can take more of the first. The problem is that North Carolina still allows a particularly indiscriminate type of commercial fishing in the form of unattended gill nets. Capt. Gordon started A PETITION TO STOP UNATTENDED GILL NET PRACTICES. He needs 1,ooo signatures to send it to the Governor. Here’s the deal. Go sign his petition, then leave a comment on this post saying “signed.” That’s all you have to do to help a fly brother out.  For those two seconds of your time, you will be eligible to win a REDINGTON…

Save the World Links

Posted on January 13, 2009

Tarbone sends a letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife asking for better bonefish, tarpon, and permit protections. Capt. Gordon sends word of more news in his battle against Carolina gill nets. Coastal Voices blog has a link to a map showing the extent of human impact on the oceans. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has a petition to the EPA to keep its promise to clean up the bay by 2010.

  

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