Dear Fellow Anglers,

The January 2004 issue of On The Water included an editorial from its publisher, Bill Hough, regarding the Freedom to Fish Act.

The Massachusetts Freedom to Fish Coalition and The Recreational Fishing Alliance have responded and our remarks have been printed in the February issue of On the Water.

We thank On The Water for providing us with very generous space in their magazine to help us inform folks that the possibility of vast no-fishing zones (inshore and offshore) is indeed very real and very near. The full text of the original article as well as the responses may be found at...

http://www.msba.net/f2f/otw_on_f2f.htm

If you would like to get involved with the Massachusetts Freedom to Fish Act then subscribe to the MSBA email list at the following link to keep abreast of the latest F2F alerts. There is still a lot of work to do and we could use all the help we can get.

http://www.msba.net/newsgroup/subscribe.html

Sincerely,
Mike Flaherty
Vice President
Massachusetts Striped Bass Association
mike.flaherty@msba.net

P.S.
We also thank the folks who operate this website for helping us get the word out on this issue that is so important to all of us.

Mike read your response in OTW . what are they thinking of shutting down areas to fishing . whats next the entire outer beach or the south shore ?