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A DISCOURSE COMMUNITY FISHING FOR FUN AND FOR THE FUTURE
Coastal Conservation Association Fishermen:
Jonathan Soto
About Coastal Conservation Association (CCA)
CCA Texas “largest marine conservation
group of its kind”
Habitat rehabilitation
Cedar Bayou
Legislation
State net ban
Protection of species
Trout, redfish = gamefish status
Scholarships
Established 1977, Texas Gulf Coast Conservation
Association
Commercial overfishing of Texas coast
Chapters in 19 coastal states Gulf, Atlantic, & Pacific coasts
Public support;
active in legislative body; and
dedicated to conservation
• http://www.joincca.org/about• http://www.ccatexas.org/
“Common goals” - CCA’s Mission:
“The purpose of CCA is to advise and educate the
public on conservation of marine resources. The
objective of CCA is to conserve, promote, and enhance the present and future availability of those coastal resources for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.” – www.joincca.org
Cedar Bayou and Vinson Slough were opened on September 25, 2014, after having been sealed in the 1970s and enduring decades of negative impacts from siltation and low water flows
“Mechanisms of Intercommunication” in the CCA:
Chapter meetings
Annual banquet
CCA’s “Participatory Mechanisms”:
Meetings (again)
“Genres” used in the “furtherance of [CCA’s] aims”:
Website(s):
www.joincca.org
www.ccatexas.org
Bimonthly magazine:
Tides
The “Lexis” of CCA Members
CCA Language:
Conservation
Habitat rehabilitation
Marine resources
Advocacy
General fishing language:
Angler
Bag limits
“Setup”
“Ratio between [CCA] novices and experts”:
Leadership:
National
State
Local
New membership
Membership drives
Supporters (but not members)