From fly-casting for salmon during their majestic spawning runs to chasing billfish in the Pacific Ocean, tremendous fresh and saltwater sportfishing opportunities abound in the southern Pacific.
However, changes in fisheries management and other efforts, including access restrictions, may significantly affect angling opportunities in the region.
This is of major concern to the region’s 1.9 million anglers, who, through their passion for the sport, support $5 billion in economic activity and provide the backbone for fisheries conservation through the purchase of fishing licenses and the excise tax on sportfishing equipment.
Please read more to learn about the current threats to sportfishing in the southern Pacific and to take action to protect your right to fish.
Regional Issues
- Establishing Extensive Pacific Marine Monuments
- California and Marine No-Fishing Zones
- The Impending California Salmon Disaster
- Ask Governor Brown to Remove Richard Rogers from the California Fish and Game Commission
- California Anglers Help Save Striped Bass from Potentially Devastating Regulations
- California’s Anglers Help Defeat Proposed Regulations that Threatened Lake and Pond Fishing
National Issues
- Conserving the Magnificent Billfish
- Efforts to Ban Lead in Fishing Tackle
- Ethanol Damage to Motorboat Engines
- Managing Our Oceans and the Great Lakes
- Urge Congress to Support New Legislation that Opens More Federal Lands to Recreational Fishing
- Federal Recreational Fish Hatcheries are on the Chopping Block
- Congress Must Make Fishing a Priority on our Nation’s Public Lands
- Improving Federal Marine Fisheries Management
- Improving Fisheries Habitat on a Grand Scale





