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…
Tag: Climate Change
Top 5 Podcasts of 2020
Rick Crawford As you already know, 2020 has been a crazy year, but I just wanted to say THANK YOU for taking the time to listen to The Sustainable Angler podcast! I really appreciate all the support and thought I’d share the top 5 The Sustainable Angler podcast episodes of 2020: 5. Trout Unlimited CEO…
SaraBella Fishing Proudly Partners with the Fly Fishing Climate Alliance, Pledging to go Carbon Neutral by 2030
This article was originally published on the SaraBella Fishing blog. The Fly Fishing Climate Alliance is proud to welcome SaraBella Fishing and support their efforts to go Carbon Neutral. If you are looking for a new rod, please support FFCA member, SaraBella Fishing! April Archer, SaraBella Fishing CEO At SaraBella Fishing, we commit to making…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Author Mark Kurlansky
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview “Salmon: A Fish, the Earth and the History of Their Common Fate” author, Mark Kurlansky and we kick off the conversation talking a little fishing; then take a deeper dive into the environmental threats to salmon, such as: deforestation, urban sprawl, insecticides, agricultural practices,…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Wil Flack of BelizeFly
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I inerview Wil Flack of BelizeFly and we talk about everything from catching the travel bug and how Wil sailed all over the world; environmental threats to our fisheries such as climate change, plastic pollution, and in Belize, gill nets; and also some success stories such…
Trout Unlimited Releases Climate Change Survey Results
Rick Crawford Trout Unlimited just released their Climate Change Survey and the results are clear. If you are in the fly fishing industry, your customers care about the climate change impact on trout. What’s also clear is that anglers want climate action. Here are the results: “More than 85 percent of TU member respondents think…