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ASGA Needs your Support: Action for Menhaden Reform

The “most important fish in the sea” just exposed one of the biggest management failures in decades.

A new assessment shows Atlantic menhaden natural mortality was inaccurately estimated for years, causing quotas set over 275 million pounds too high. A significant, immediate reduction is necessary to align with science-driven management and right the course of a critical forage fish. The Atlantic fishery needs to…

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Captains for Clean Water: What’s been going on with Big Sugar’s Southland rock mine proposal

Over the past year, we’ve been fighting alongside our supporters to stop a reckless proposal by Big Sugar and the Southland Group (Phillips & Jordan) to excavate an 8,000-acre industrial rock mine in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA)—just 1,000 feet from the $4 billion EAA Reservoir, the crown jewel of Everglades restoration.

This isn’t just another land-use proposal. If allowed to move forward, blasting a mine next to the EAA Reservoir could:

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Threats to Freshwater Recreational Fisheries Survey

Fill out the University of Massachusetts Amherst “Threats to Freshwater Recreational Fisheries” Survey and be entered to win a Patagonia Guidewater Backpack. The survey is intended to “understand what perceptions recreational anglers have about potential threats to their target species, and how such threats impact their fishing experience and overall satisfaction.”

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