State Board of Directors - Coastal Conservation Association of California

Jock Albright – Retired

David Bacon – Owner, Wavewalker Charters

Bill Buchanan – Owner, Cousins Tackle

Harold David – Retired

Dave Elm – AFTCO

Pete Gray – Host and Creator, Let’s Talk Hookup

Bob Kurz – Southern California Representative, International Game Fish Association

Doug Lasko – President, Okuma Fishing

Wendy Tochihara – National Sales Manager, Izorline

Obtained permanent game fish status for redfish (Louisiana 1991).

Obtained game fish status for marlin, sailfish (National 1988).

Obtained game fish status for tarpon (Alabama 1993).

Obtained game fish status for redfish, speckled trout (Texas 1981).

Launched Gulf-wide phone number – 866-WE ENFORCE – to report coastal game violations (Louisiana 2001).

Prohibited trawling for trout (Texas 1978).

Outlawed gill, trammel nets (Texas 1990).

Funded $700,000 for construction of a state-of-the-art marine larviculture research lab (Texas 2007).

Banned drift gill nets in South Atlantic (National 1990).

Created “Universal Fishing License,” which includes saltwater as well as freshwater fishing (Georgia 1998).

Helped initiate the Freedom to Fish campaign to stop the arbitrary implementation of no-fishing zones (National 2000).

Successfully led opposition to closing Gray’s Reef to recreational fishing (Georgia 2000).

Won game fish status for redfish (Florida 1988).

Won game fish status for redfish, speckled trout (South Carolina 1986).

Broke the $2 million mark in college and graduate scholarships awarded (Texas 2004).