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In a 2022 UMass Amherst Survey, 77% of anglers and guides surveyed experienced shark depredation while fishing from 2017-2022.
Source: SAFMC
Working for YOU
We take care of the politics so you can concentrate on growing your business.
Taking kids fishing just a few times creates a lifelong love of the sport!
Since taking office, the Trump Administration is taking many actions on tariffs that impact the sportfishing industry, ASA is monitoring, weighing in with the Administration & Congress.
Efforts are underway to prevent the use of lead tackle for fishing despite scant evidence that using lead has a harmful impact on wildlife populations.
Feds want to close bottom fishing in the South Atlantic.
