June 17, 2011
OCEARCH teams up with Mote Labratories in Boca Grande, Florida
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Island Reporter on Sanibel Newspaper
Cape Coral Daily Breeze

WATCH VIDEO
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/197260/8/Shark-Men-from-National-Geo-Stop-Through-BayArea?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|t

January 14, 2011
Panama is one the first of seven Central America countries to restrict pelagic longline gear within its waters.
http://www.sportfishingmag.com/news/panama-first-central-american-country-add-longlining-restrictions-within-its-waters

November 23, 2010
Guayana has also taken action developing sportfishing as a unique brand of tourism.
http://www.caribbeannewyorker.com/tourism-ministry-moves-to-develop-sport-fishing-in-guyana/

July 27, 2010
Panama prohibits purse seining

OCEARCH views sportfishing and anglers as key catalysts of marine conservation and stewardship, and works to educate people on the social, economic, and environmental benefits of protecting sportfishing access. Panama is one of the first to embrace this view.
READ PRESS RELEASE AND OCEARCH FOUNDER, CHRIS FISCHER's COMMENTS
http://www.ocearch.org/PURSESEININGPRESSRELEASE

July 27, 2010
The End of the Line - Documentary Screening
In an effort to protect the critical decline of bluefin tuna stocks, OCEARCH co-hosted a screening in the United States Capitol of the acclaimed documentary The End of the Line. Following the screening, a panel of experts, including OCEARCH founder Chris Fischer, discussed appropriate public policy responses to the decline of fish resources and transitioning to sustainable fisheries. Less than a week later the United States announced its support of a proposal to list Atlantic bluefin tuna under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) prohibiting international trade of the species.