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CSPA's John Beuttler to be keynote speaker


Recreational Fishing Alliance Sponsors Randy Fry Awards Dinner June 14 in San Rafael

by Jim Martin
May 28, 2008. The Recreational Fishing Alliance will sponsor the Randy Fry Awards Dinner, Saturday June 14th at the Marin Rod and Gun Club in San Rafael. The doors open with a no-host bar at 4 p.m. and the festivities include an auction, raffle and speakers. Requested donation $45 for a BBQ Tri Tip dinner with all the fixin's. Dinner served at 6 p.m.

John Beuttler, conservation director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and board member of the Northern California Chapter of the RFA, will be the keynote speaker. The fundraising event will fall on the day before Father's Day. We encourage all Dads to take advantage of your home pass and bring the whole family to the dinner. The focus is on having fun with our family and friends and raising money for the future of our fisheries.

RFA's accomplishments include tightening loopholes in poaching laws, stopping crab pot theft for recreational fishermen and maintaining a shore based angling and diving exemption from rockfishing closures. The RFA provides consistent leadership and representation for saltwater anglers and divers in Sacramento and Washington, DC.

The RFA stopped the proposed Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Areas on the NorCal coast. They would have made the situation worse. Along with the North Coast Fishing Association, the RFA exposed FERC's wave energy boondoggle that could close off large areas of the ocean.

We're working to open deep water rockfishing through the first-ever "exempted fishing permit" program ever approved on the west coast.

The RFA is working on amending federal law to save our fisheries. Our volunteers have made our presence known. It's time we honored their contributions at the 4th Annual RFA Awards Dinner. For more info call 707-357-3422.

Click here to learn more or register online: http://rfadinner.eventbrite.com

Jim Martin
West Coast Regional Director
Recreational Fishing Alliance
(707) 357-3422
www.JoinRFA.org
P.O. Box 2420
Fort Bragg, CA 95437