Comments on: Conservation champion http://shallowfishblog.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: snook http://shallowfishblog.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-15 snook Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:56:50 +0000 http://shallowfish.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/#comment-15 I haven't yet reached that level of selflessness. :-D Sanibel's right up the road from my stomping grounds. Send me an email before you come down and maybe I can buy you a beer. Take care, Mark. I haven’t yet reached that level of selflessness. :-D

Sanibel’s right up the road from my stomping grounds. Send me an email before you come down and maybe I can buy you a beer. Take care, Mark.

]]> By: Mark Powell http://shallowfishblog.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Mark Powell Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:13:56 +0000 http://shallowfish.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/#comment-11 Snook, The meeting is in Sanibel, Florida, Oct 10-12. See ASFA website for details, at http://www.asafishing.org/asa/shows_events/summit/index.html Agreed, some of the most dedicated conservationists I know are fishermen who got to conservation through their fishing. I remember meeting a person who had largely quit fishing and volunteered his time for conservation instead, when asked why he said: to give back. That's beautiful. Mark Snook,

The meeting is in Sanibel, Florida, Oct 10-12. See ASFA website for details, at http://www.asafishing.org/asa/shows_events/summit/index.html

Agreed, some of the most dedicated conservationists I know are fishermen who got to conservation through their fishing. I remember meeting a person who had largely quit fishing and volunteered his time for conservation instead, when asked why he said: to give back. That’s beautiful.

Mark

]]> By: snook http://shallowfishblog.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-12 snook Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:49:57 +0000 http://shallowfish.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/#comment-12 Mark, you wrote: "We have much bigger foes than each other." Bingo. Boil it down, and we're both in favor of protecting a resource we treasure. As I mentioned to you at one point: the most avid anglers I know are also humane folks who are zealous protectors of the fish they catch. Out of curiosity, where's the conference being held? Mark, you wrote: “We have much bigger foes than each other.” Bingo. Boil it down, and we’re both in favor of protecting a resource we treasure. As I mentioned to you at one point: the most avid anglers I know are also humane folks who are zealous protectors of the fish they catch.

Out of curiosity, where’s the conference being held?

]]> By: Mark Powell http://shallowfishblog.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Mark Powell Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:24:01 +0000 http://shallowfish.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/#comment-13 Thanks John! While we may not agree on everything, I think it's vital that we keep talking. We have much bigger foes than each other. I'll do my best in this, I was just invited to be on a panel discussing fishery closures at the American Sportfishing Association's annual Sportfishing Summit in Florida next month. Should be interesting. Keep up the good work! Thanks John! While we may not agree on everything, I think it’s vital that we keep talking. We have much bigger foes than each other.

I’ll do my best in this, I was just invited to be on a panel discussing fishery closures at the American Sportfishing Association’s annual Sportfishing Summit in Florida next month. Should be interesting.

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Mark Powell http://shallowfishblog.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Mark Powell Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:05:56 +0000 http://shallowfish.com/2007/09/conservation-champion/#comment-14 Thanks John. As you said, we may not agree on everything, but we have bigger worries than each other. Let's always talk to each other and do what we can to stand up for our shared interests! BTW, I just got an invitation to speak at the American Sportfishing Association's annual Sportfishing Summit in Florida next month, about fishing closures. Sounds like a good time, I'll be there. Keep up the good work on shallowfish! Thanks John. As you said, we may not agree on everything, but we have bigger worries than each other. Let’s always talk to each other and do what we can to stand up for our shared interests!

BTW, I just got an invitation to speak at the American Sportfishing Association’s annual Sportfishing Summit in Florida next month, about fishing closures. Sounds like a good time, I’ll be there.

Keep up the good work on shallowfish!

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