ASMFC Takes Wrong Turn on Striped Bass 2/20/10 
Commentary on Proposed Repeal of Saltwater License 2/2/10 
Opposition to Proposed Winter Flounder Regulations 1/18/10 
CCA's Comments on Shad Closure 1/4/10 
CCA NY comments on fishery response to the precipitous decline in weakfish stocks
10/05/09 Must take action sufficient to give the weakfish stock a real opportunity to recover
Conservationists call for U.S. action to save bluefin tuna
9/25/09 International impasse leaves bluefin on the brink
CCA NY Supports proposed shad closure to preserve collapsed stock
9/02/09 "It’s about getting things right in the future."
New York anglers come up short against stacked deck
3/26/09 "Conservation equivalency" leaves state no good options on summer flounder
CCA NY Reaction to Cholera Bank Liquid Natural Gas Plant Proposal
2/9/09 Objection to the creation of an “artificial island”
CCA NY Reactions to Proposed Saltwater License
1/26/09 CCA NY Recommends Improvements to Proposed Salt Water License
1/15/09 CCA NY Letter to Governor Paterson Regarding Proposed Saltwater License
12/18/09 CCA Reaction to NY Marine License Proposal 
CCA calls for public involvement in proposed area closures
1/7/09 Antiquities Act use denies public the right to comment
CCA NY asks DEC to list winter flounder under the NY State Endangered Species Act
Newest research shows that population continues to decline in the face of severe overfishing
12/6/08
Coastal Conservation Association sees
benefits, hazards in summer flounder stock assessment
Stock found to be less productive than previously believed 8/5/08
Coastal Conservation Association calls for tougher
measures to restore bluefin tuna
Eastern and Western stocks both face imminent collapse
5/28/08
CCA NY calls for
closure of New York winter flounder fishery
Inaction could drive local spawning populations into extinction
2/20/08
CCA NY praises recreational blackfish measures
Elimination of commercial live fish market still needed 2/05/08
President Bush declares striped bass a Federal gamefish
Elimination of commercial live fish market still needed 2/05/08
CCA NY calls for recovery of the tautog fishery
Protection of spawning fish and curbs on illegal fishery paramount 5/3/07
CCA NY Donates Night Vision Scope to DEC Division of Law Enforcement
CCA NY determined to fight illegal harvest 3/4/07
Coastal Conservation Association Receives IGFA Conservation Award
Award presented at January banquet in Palm Beach, FL
3/4/07
Reauthorized Magnuson
Act Strengthens Conservation Provisions
Freedom to Fish language included in new bill
12/21/06
Tautog Management Plan
position letter 5/3/06 
Summer Flounder TAL
position letter 11/22/06 
CCA member named Field
& Stream's first "Hero of Conservation" 
Award presented at cocktail reception at magazine's Manhattan
offices
Conservationists Call
for Positive Resolution to Summer Flounder Problem
Final measures must preserve flounder recovery without
causing unneeded hardship to public
Federal waters to remain
closed to striped bass fishing
10-year fight ends in conservation victory
CCA NY opposes opening
Federal waters to striped bass fishing 
Comments sent to NOAA
Fisheries
Corps of Engineers
Beach Alteration Defeated
$98 million plan to bury Long Beach shorefront under dredged sand rejected
by City Council
Blue Crab and Diamondback
Terrapin
CCA statement of recommendation
Summer Flounder 
CCA
NY calls for changes in management
Data Boycott Counterproductive
The CCA announced it remains committed to working with
the National Research Council.
CCA New York Submits
Freedom of Information Demand
relating to striped
bass, bluefishregulations.
Common Sense Prevails
in White Marlin Management
Agreement recognizes the necessity of an international
solution for the recovery of the species.
CCA Intervenes to Protect
Conservation Victory 
Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) has taken
action to prevent a lawsuit filed by the Ocean Conservancy from unraveling
a compromise agreement governing two areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
An Anglers Guide to
Amendment 1 
to
the Winter Flounder Fishery Management Plan. What
you need to do!
CCA NY's position on
Amendment 1 
presented by Brian O'Keefe, on the need for conservative
management of the flounder resource to rebuild populations.
CCA opposes the opening
of the EEZ 
by Charles A. Witek, III, Chairman of the Fisheries Committee.
Gulf of Mexico Update 
Association Applauds
Council's Decision To Stop Arbitrary No-Fishing Zones
Conservationists Make
Stand with Freedom to Fish Act 
Coastal Conservation
Association (CCA) is urging Congress to pass the Freedom to Fish Act (H.R.
2890) in the 108th Congress to ensure that excluding recreational anglers
from a public resource is a last resort, not a first option, in fisheries
management.
How are CCA’s political,
fisheries and legislative positions established? 
A common question answered
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