Clean Ocean Action's 14th Annual Memorial Flounder Tournament

[Emily Hackett]

Join us for the 14th Annual John Murphy & Bob Hunter
Memorial Winter Flounder Tournament
Organized by Clean Ocean Action & Friends of the Sea
     
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Bahrs Landing
2 Bay Avenue, Highlands, NJ

Free Fun-filled Family Event !
$300 Grand Prize, $150 Second Prize, $75 Third Prize
Flounder must measure 12" for weigh-in eligibility & possession limit is 10
Every child that weighs-in a fish receives a prize.
Blessing of the Waters & Continental Breakfast, 9am
Children's Games, Auction, & 50/50 Raffle, 3-5pm
Awards Ceremony, 5pm
Refreshments by Bahrs Landing & Hunterdon Brewing Co.


Register online at cleanoceanaction.org to be eligible for prizes.       
Call (732) 872-0111 for more information or to register by phone.

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[mboy]

Welcome and thank you for posting Emily.

I (we) would be interested to learn more about your organization.

Maybe a brief intro of your goals/objectives.
Ideas you support or are against,etc.

Example- the subway car reef project-your stance on this concerning some environmental groups claiming this is polution, etc.

Thanks.

[ped579]

Welcome Aboard Emily,

I see the link to your org. web site so if anyone would like to find out about this org.please click on Emily's link

Happy Catching

Paul

[IrishAyes]

Welcome to the site.  Nice post.  I will add it to the home page in the fishing tournament section.   

[Luna Sea 5]

welcome and nice post

[Duffman]

   Where are our subway cars??  Down south housing blackfish and c-bass when they SHOULD be here in NJ.
   COA Tourney? No Thanks, I'll pass, Mrs. Zipf and company.
 
         

[CapBob]

It is a nice tournament, especially for kids....no entry fee. Clean Ocean does some good work, BUT.......as Duffman pointed out they have taken some stances that are counter to the fishermans interest and have butted heads with the JCAA and the RFA.......

[mboy]

Which is why I wanted to know there stance before they start promoting fishing tourney's on here.

[IrishAyes]

In that case, I will hold off putting it up on the home page. 

[CapBob]

I pulled this from the JCAA Website, answers the question about Clean Ocean:

NJ  Artificial Reef Program Put At Risk by Clean Ocean Action
Press Release, March 11th 2005

(from Jersey Coast Anglers Association April 2005 Newsletter)

 

The permit for New Jersey to continue its Artificial Reef Program is currently under review by the Army Corps of Engineers.  One would think that this should be an automatic approval.  The New Jersey artificial Reef Program is one of the best in the country with 14 reef sites.  One new reef site is in the permit application.  The Division of Fish and Wildlife has successfully run the reef program for 20 years.  New Jersey anglers have benefited from these reefs and so has the ecology of the ocean and the environment.

            Many fishing clubs, groups and the JCAA have made constructive comments in support of the reef program and also made suggestions on how it could be improved.   However, Clean Ocean Action has taken the stance that the permit should be denied! 

In their letter to the Army Corps, Clean Ocean Action said: 

“COA strongly urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the ”Corps”) to deny the permit application based on extensive deficiencies in the application.”   

We checked the COA website and surprise!  It does not indicate that they have asked the Army Corps to deny the permit.  Why is their website different than their stand against the reef program?

This has put the New Jersey Reef Program at risk of being terminated.  Does this upset you?  It should!  Clean Ocean Action has stated that they would like to work with the JCAA and fishing groups in the spirit of cooperation.  If this is what our friends consider cooperation, then what would our enemies do?  Clean Ocean Action has managed to alienate the anglers of New Jersey with their stubborn position on the Artificial Reef issue.  What about the extensive deficiencies?  They could easily be addressed without taking the stance that the permit should be denied.  To state that the permit should be denied is irresponsible and clearly demonstrates that this group is not a friend of New Jersey anglers.  Is your organization a supporter of COA?  Did they contact you before they took this position?  If not, you should contact them and let them know that you are upset and want them to either change their position or you will no longer be able to support anything that they champion. 

            Every angler is concerned about the environment and would not do anything that would jeopardize the ecology.  Approving the permit to allow the continuation of the NJ Artificial Reef Program will not hurt the environment.  In fact, it will enhance the ecosystem by providing habitat for many varieties of sea life, all the way from microscopic invertebrates to large fish.  The reefs are a nursery ground for many species of mollusks, crustaceans and fish.

            The science of Artificial Reefs is constantly changing as new information is learned, new materials become available and other materials prove to be unsuitable.  The permit must have enough latitude to allow the experts to do their job.

[mboy]

Their is your answer!

They are obviously not our friends. Toruney or no tourney!

[mboy]

My guess is she was just here to spam her site and tourney.
She won't be back.

 I am sure she is just making the rounds.

[Skolmann]

WARNING !!!

Clean Oceans Actions is a supporter of PEW. For those of you who may be unaware, PEW is one of the major forces behind the effort in closing down the fluke fishery.

Clean Ocean Actions was also against using the cleaned subway cars for the NJ artifical reef program.

Boycott this tournament !!

SUPPORT SSSFF

[Skolmann]

My guess is she was just here to spam her site and tourney.
She won't be back.

 I am sure she is just making the rounds.

She posted the exact same message on at least one other NJ fishing site that I frequent. And I posted my exact same response.

[Hotrod]

Well Google will pick this topic up in a day for all to see and understand

[IrishAyes]

Good looking out Mboy!   

[ped579]