JCAA NEWSPAPER JANUARY 2010 Official Newspaper of the JERSEY COAST ANGLERS ASSOCIATION (Published on December 21st, 2009) Monthly Meeting Room Brick Plaza at 270 Chambers Bridge Rd "WORKING FOR MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS" IMPORTANT DATES JCAA REGULAR MEETING: th th December 29 JCAA General Mtg Tuesday December 29 2009 January 7th NJMFC Mtg Starting at 7:30 PM January 7th JCAA Board Mtg At Brick Plaza at 270 Chambers Bridge Rd January 14th-17th Garden State Outdoor NEXT JCAA BOARD MEETING Sportsmen's Show Thursday, January 7th, 2010 January 26th JCAA General Mtg Starting at 7:30 PM at JCAA Office February 1st-4th ASMFC Mtg Week OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE February 3rd-7th AC Boat Show JERSEY COAST ANGLERS ASSOC. February 14th JCAA Board Mtg 1201 Route 37 East, Suite 9, Toms River, NJ 08753 February 23rd JCAA General Mtg Phone 732-506-6565 Fax 732-506-6975 February 27th Salt Water Sportsman National JCAA Newspaper Publisher Tom Fote Seminar Series JCAA Newspaper Editor Paul Turi This publication is printed and mailed one week NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife prior to each regular monthly meeting of the Jersey reminds saltwater anglers that the federal Coast Anglers Association. One of the prime goals government's National Saltwater Angler of JCAA is to get accurate information into public hands as soon as possible. Registry Program requires most New Jersey Anyone wishing to reproduce any part of this saltwater anglers to register prior to fishing newsletter has the permission of the JCAA and the in 2010. authors. Wherever possible, please credit the JCAA Newsletter as your information source. You must register if you* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Fish for or catch anadromous species (striped JCAA General Membership Meetings are for club bass, shad, river herring) in state tidal waters representatives and invited guests only. These * Fish in Federal waters (more than 3 miles meetings are not open to the general public. If you from shore) would like to attend as a guest, call the President at (732) 929-2591 or Tom Fote at (732) 270-9102 before You do not have to register if you* the meeting date to ask permission. * Are under 16 years of age ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Only fish on federally licensed party or 2009 OFFICERS charter boats President Mark Taylor 732-929-2591 * Hold a Highly Migratory Species Angling 1st V.P. Captain Gene Nigro 732-291-5688 Permit 2nd V.P. Bruce Freeman 732-793-7871 * Hold a Saltwater Fishing License in another Treasurer Doug Tegeder 732-341-5674 State or signed up for the registry in another Rec. Sec. Tom Siciliano 609-296-3774 State Cors. Sec. Paul Turi 609-660-2126 Online and telephone registration will begin Mem. Sec. Bruce Smith 732-695-3431 January 1, 2010. Register online at Committee & Chairpersons listed on last page www.countmyfish.noaa.gov or call toll free 888- 674-7411. Registration is free in 2010. 1 Adventure Show (Raritan Show) Jan. 14th to 17th, Atlantic City International Power Boat Show Feb. President’s Report 3rd -7th, Saltwater Sportsman National Seminar By Mark Taylor Feb. 27th , The Saltwater Fishing Show Mar. 19th to 21st and The NJ Wild Outdoor Expo Sept. 25th to It is coming to the end of a year that I have 26th. Mark these dates on your calendar and plan to been in office as JCAA President. It has been a very attend. If anyone is interested right now in fast moving year with all the fisheries issues being volunteering please contact me at on the fast track. Most of the issues are not to the [email protected]. This is where we interact with liking of the recreational community. I will continue people who do not belong to any clubs and are to fight for our share of the resource and to protect it misinformed on issues. It is a great experience to for the future. It has been an honor to be your meet many different people who enjoy something President for the past year. you love to do. It was very sad to hear of the passing of Dery Don’t miss out, the end of the tax year will be Bennett. Everyone in the recreational community here and we will be welcoming in year 2010. The will miss Dery Bennett. He was one of the major end of the year also ushers in strategies on lowering driving forces in protecting the marine environment. your 2009 taxes by various financial moves As always, everyone must keep updated on including giving special contributions to non-profit the issues because there are news releases from or charitable organizations. Consider giving a ASMFC that they have been sending out. These financial gift to the JCAA since it is a non-profit releases are issues that are for public comment and entity and your contribution is tax deductible. Your review. It is very important that everybody contribution will be utilized to support and protect participates in this process. You and your clubs need the rights of all anglers who fish in New Jersey. to attend and submit written comments on all issues Please call the JCAA office at (732) 506-6565 if you whether it is for or against. If you don’t then we as a have any questions in regard to your contribution. recreational community have no voice in the matters As I mentioned in past newsletters, the at hand. So get more involved so the recreational Newspaper Committee is looking for clubs to send in community has an even stronger voice. It is very a 500-word description about your club including important that each club keeps up to date with all the who you are and what you do. Send it in by e-mail to issues that are affecting us. There are so many issues [email protected] with the stipulation that we will be that are happening right now so continue to check using these highlights in the order that they are out our website. Club Presidents should make sure received and they will be published in the JCAA that their representatives attend every JCAA General newsletter. Meeting to bring this information back to your As a reminder the JCAA has an Operations individual clubs for discussion. Manager in the office to answer your questions. With end of the year coming it is that time Operations Manager Sharon McKenna will try to again, Elections. If you are interested in becoming a give you the correct answer to your question or JCAA Officer you need to contact Don Marantz at direct your call to the proper person. Give the office 609-259-6368 or the JCAA Office. We are looking a call she would like to hear from you. for dedicated individuals to get more involved. Each member club should have their delegates present at Have a Holiday Season the December Meeting to be involved in the process & of electing the new officers for 2010. The High Roller Raffle will be our next Happy New Year fundraiser and the drawing will be at our April General Meeting. So come see us at one of the shows or call the office to get your raffles. With the show season coming up very fast, The next JCAA General JCAA will be looking for volunteers to staff a booth. Membership Meeting will be There are four shows that we will be attending this year. Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen’s & December 29, 2009 2 relation of MARCO to other agencies and organizations, i.e., the Atlantic States Marine Operations Manager Report Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Mid- By Sharon McKenna Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (MAFMC); addressing prescription drugs “down the drain,” and November was a busy month here in the other nontraditional pollutants into receiving waters; office, as well as out. Grant writing continues to be identification of the connections between habitat a focus of my time. As we receive grants, I will protection efforts and fisheries conservation; and announce them in this column. I hope to share good recognition that, even with spatial planning to news in next month's newspaper! identify locations for renewable energy, those On November 30, several JCAA Board locations become fish habitats once structures are in members (Bruce Smith, Tom Siciliano, and John place. Koegler) and I attended the Monmouth University The MARCO is modeled on other regional Urban Coast Institute’s marine resource stakeholder consortiums, such as the five state Gulf of Mexico roundtable meeting. The purpose of the roundtable Alliance (http://gulfofmexicoalliance.org/), which was to review and discuss MARCO’s preliminary has provided a successful framework for MARCO. report and recommendations: Actions, Timelines, To learn more about MARCO, visit the website: and Leadership to Advance the Mid-Atlantic http://www.midatlanticocean.org/ Governor’s Agreement on Ocean Conservation On Monday, December 14, I was honored to (MARCO Action Plan), to encourage active testify on behalf of JCAA before the Senate engagement of N.J. ocean stakeholder groups in Environment Committee in support of SB 3041 to MARCO, and to prepare our New Jersey Department require the construction of a closed loop water vapor of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) system for the Oyster Creek nuclear power representatives for the regional stakeholder meeting generation station in Lacey Township. My that was scheduled for Dec. 9-10, 2009 in NYC. The testimony was picked up and a portion of it featured notes and summary of the discussions from the on New Jersey 101.5 and 92.7 WOBM. It was my roundtable were provided to the NJDEP honor and privilege to express the views of the representatives to MARCO for their use in ensuring member clubs of the JCAA regarding this bill and if that the stakeholder priorities were discussed at the you are interested in my testimony, the statement I December meeting.