CCA Mississippi Accomplishments

Restricted the use of entanglement (gill) nets.

Worked to prevent commercial fishing within one mile of the barrier islands.

Instrumental in obtaining commercial poundage quota on speckled trout, redfish, flounder and tripletail.

Instrumental in setting size and creel limits for recreational anglers on speckled trout, redfish, flounder and tripletail.

Obtained game fish status for Cobia.

Assisted in the building of reefs in Biloxi Bay, Bay of St. Louis and,

Instrumental in citing and obtaining materials for Jailhouse Reef.

Defeated a bill to remove game fish status from Cobia.

Instrumental in obtaining Tideland funds for the DMR/GCRL (SPEC) the Seatrout Population Enhancement Cooperative. As a result of the SPEC program, over 500,000 Seatrout have been released as of December 2011.

Stopped the demolition of Pass Marianne Light.

Held tournaments where the Speckled Trout were kept alive and donated to the SPEC program for their hatchery.

Establish the “Casting for Conservation” kids fishing events. CCA MS has reached thousands of young anglers through these fun and educational events.