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”:

Facebook

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)