Mark your calendars! The CCA Savannah Annual Banquet and Auction Thursday April 28, 2016 Savannah Station
ENCHANCEMENT OF THE TROUPE CREEK INSHORE ARTIFICIAL REEF IN GLYNN COUNTY, SAINT SIMONS ESTUARY Concrete/PVC attractors will be placed inside steel drum frames and deployed on the reef to resurrect the original reef, much of which has been
One of the four 2015-2016 Habitat Enhancement Projects recently completed ENHANCEMENT OF THE SAVANNAH REEF 6 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF TYBEE ISLAND The project will involve deployment of 192 poultry transport cages and other suitable materials.
Brunswick, GA (December 16, 2015) – Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner, Mark Williams has announced that during the October 2015 meeting, the Board of Natural Resources approved an increase in the minimum-size limit for spotted seatrout from 13 inches to 14 inches, total length with an effective date of January 1, 2016. The vote was taken after considering public comment provided through two public hearings and email. In 2012, the Finfish Advisory Panel (FAP) was created to advise DNR on saltwater finfish management. Membership includes a commercial fisherman, saltwater fishing guides and anglers from the coastal area and inland. The FAP members met with DNR staff over the past three years learning about the biology, population trends, and management goals for spotted seatrout. A majority of the FAP members, in concurrence with DNR staff, recommended that the Board of Natural Resources consider changing Georgia’s saltwater fishing regulations to increase the spotted seatrout minimum size. Each year, thousands of anglers take to Georgia’s coastal waters in search of spotted seatrout, or speckled trout as they are known to many. The popularity of the species stems from its tenacious fight when hooked, superb quality as table fare, and […]
CCA Georgia and Georgia DNR’s Coastal Resources Division have identified these four important habitat initiatives for 2016 We’re about halfway to our goal of $50,ooo to fund these projects!
