Posted by: Anonymous
Recreational Fishing Alliance - time to check this one out - 08/08/01 01:10 AM
There are many good sportfishing advocacy groups in the Northwest; such as the Assoc. of NW Steelheaders, Northwest Sportfishing Industry Assoc. (NSIA), and Wild Steelhead Coalition (WSA). These entities carry varying degrees of political clout, and are doing a lot of good things for our sportfishing causes. We would be in worse shape concerning fishing rights without them! There is more help on the way. The nationally based Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) has started a Washington state based chapter to help in our fight for fairer fishing rights for sportfishers. They work a little differently than these other organiztions. We definitely are going to need all the help we can get. I suggest you have a closer look for yourselves and decide how you might be able to help these causes. Their URL is www.gamefishin.com/members/rfa/ . I have only had time to skim thru the basics and it looks like a good organization too; that likely will have stronger political influence for us. Check it out. Thanks. -
Steve Hanson
Steve Hanson