“Thumbs Up” to Brett Fitzgerald who was selected as Chief Executive Officer  to Florida’s Snook & Gamefish Foundation. Over the past 7 years, Fitzgerald has served as a volunteer, Chairman of the Board, and most recently Managing Director. Brett was chosen as Snook and Gamefish Foundation’s 2009 Person on the Year for his accomplishments on behalf of inshore fishing, and in that year he also completed the book, “Sportsman’s Best: Snook.”

“Thumbs Up” to the National Marine Sanctuary Program which recently released a draft proposal to revive a public sanctuary nomination process. National marine sanctuaries are a key component of our nation’s commitment to conserve the ocean and Great Lakes for future generations. As supporters and friends of the National Marine Sanctuary System, we hope that you will review the link below (and attached) and consider lending your support by adding your name and/or the name of your organization as a signatory. Read more!

“Thumbs Up” to the  United States and New Zealand have put forward excellent proposals to create two major marine reserves in Antarctica. The proposals would protect some 600,000 square miles of ocean in the Ross Sea and an additional 733,000 square miles off the East Antarctic coast. All told, these marine reserves, where fishing would be prohibited, are about the size of all the marine reserves created so far around the world.