Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler podcast, I interview Bajio Sunglasses CEO and Founder Al Perkinson and we discuss everything from cause marketing and sustainable business; to our mutual love of flats fishing (Bajio is the Spanish word for the shallows, that part of the ocean that sits between land and deep…
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The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Indifly Executive Director Matt Shilling
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview Indifly Executive Director Matt Shilling and we talk about everything from that fact that Indigenous people are the protectors of 80% of the world’s biodiversity; how Indifly is empowering Indigenous people around the world to own and operate fly fishing ecotourism businesses that “provide…
Report: Climate Change among Threats to Recreational Fishing
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Couser, jcouser@affta.org As Participation Surges During Pandemic, Blue Ribbon Panel Sets Agenda for the Future of Marine Fisheries Management Bozeman, MT – Today, the American Fly Fishing Trade Association and the AFFTA Fisheries Fund (jointly AFFTA) released a report, “Recommendations to Improve the Health and Sustainability of America’s Marine…
RepYourWater becomes World’s 1st Fly Fishing Apparel Brand to go Carbon Neutral!
Rick Crawford Climate change is one of the greatest threats to fish and fisheries on the planet, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change (IPCC), the world would have to curb its carbon emissions by at least 49% of 2017 levels by the year 2030 and then achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in…
Why is Your Company NOT Addressing Climate Change?
Rick Crawford Let me start by saying it’s ok if you are unsure about climate change, or confused about how humans are heating up the planet by burning fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases. So, let’s talk about it…. Climate Change NASA defines global warming as “the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed since…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Charleston Waterkeeper Executive Director Andrew Wunderley
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview Charleston Waterkeeper Executive Director Andrew Wunderley and we talk about everything how Charleston Waterkeeper is relentlessly fighting to keep our water clean; how plastic pollution is Charleston’s dirty little secret; the impact climate change is having on Charleston’s water quality; and how nature has…