Friday, April 17, 2009

IGFA to Become SSC Tournament Sponsor


Thanks to the efforts of Karl Gloeckner, IGFA will become a sponsor of the Small Boat Tournament in June. Says Lesley Arico of IGFA, "Certainly we'll support you".

Since the Club and IGFA have so many beliefs in common relating to sportsmanship and conservation of sport fishing and our resources, we are pleased to have this "international" endorsement. Among the things that the SSC and IGFA have in common is that both organizations were formed in the 1930's and quickly took leadership roles in conservation and protection of our fisheries. IGFA's Adopt-A-Billfish tagging program is a research program using innovative technology of pop-up satellite archival tags (PSAT) to monitor billfish movement patterns. This program reflects a modern-day approach to SSC's Release pins instituted in the 1940's.

Thanks Karl & Lesley!