Welcome to Keep America Fishing™

Keep America Fishing™ is the voice of the American angler. Our goal is to keep our nation’s public resources open to recreational fishing through sound policy, science and conservation.

Let your voice be heard. Learn about the issues and support our advocacy efforts. Consider it your way to give back to the sport you enjoy so much.

Top News

9/2/10 Updated Information on Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak

8/31/10 Oppose the Proposed Federal Ban on Lead in Fishing Tackle
Submit your comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing the proposed ban on lead in fishing tackle

8/25/10 Help Protect Atlantic Striped Bass
Submit your comments to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission opposing an increase in the commercial harvest of striped bass

8/17/10 Partnership for Sustainable Oceans Supports Request to Delay North Coast Marine Life Protection Act Process

8/13/10 Help Restore Billfish by Ending Commercial Overfishing of These Threatened Iconic Sportfish
Send a letter to your U.S. House of Representatives Member urging him or her to support the Billfish Conservation Act of 2010

8/6/10 Victory for California Anglers
Don Benninghoven Is Not Confirmed As a Member of the Fish and Game Commission

7/26/10 Act Now to Help Bring Balance and Common Sense to Federal Marine Fisheries Management
Send a letter to your Senators urging them to support the Fishery Conservation Transition Act

6/29/10 Urge the California Fish and Game Commission to Hold a Series of Scoping Meetings for the South Coast Phase of the MLPA
The Commission plans to railroad the process and hold just one meeting for the entire South Coast

3/16/10 Help Protect Sportfishing Access in Southern California
Urge the California Fish and Game Commission to reverse its March 3 decision and give Proposal 2 equal consideration with all other proposals