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established in 1972, the Council has a combined membership of over 325,000 family anglers in all eight Great Lakes states and Canada.
The Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council will be commemorating its 25th year
of serving the Great Lakes region during its annual conference at the
Rosemont Conference Center in Rosemont, Illinois later this month. The conference will be Jan.
30-31 and will again be held in conjunction with, and sponsored by, the
Chicagoland Fishing, Hunting, Travel and Outdoors Show.
The Council a confederation of organizations and inviduals who have banded together in the Great Lakes region. The Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council is a nonprofit advocacy organization whose members are concerned about the present and future of sport fishing and its economic benefits in the Great Lakes , adjoining waters and in protecting and enhancing the regional sport fishery and its wetlands, habitat and environment.
Established in 1972, the Council has a combined membership of over 325,000 family anglers in all eight Great Lakes states and Canada. It's run by its member clubs for its members.
For more info contact the GLSFC office: 630-941-1351, fax 630-941-1196, or by e-mail hdqtrs@great-lakes.org
For more info on the Charter Captain's Workshop call Sam Romano, 773-268-8789, or fax 773-538-1631. please contact Dan at 630-941-1351 |
 The Council's meeting is open to the public on a space available basis, speakers include, Mike Conlin, Gary Isbell, Bill James, Kelley Smith and Mike Staggs, the fish chiefs from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin . Listen to presenters give us updates on the most current and emerging issues affecting our resources, and what we can look forward to in the next decade. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Chris Goddard will be making a special presentation on lamprey control in the St. Mary's River and what it will mean for the future of our fishery resources. A Charter Captain's Workshop will feature speakers from the US Coast Guard and Ill. DNR Law Enforcement, as well as Web site opportunities by Chuck Pistis, Michigan Sea Grant ,and Maxine Appleby, Webmariner,our webmaster. Come help us celebrate our 25th year. Hear some great speakers and take back information first hand to your clubs and organizations.
Show entrance for either day is free to meeting attendees.  Mudpuppies: release them back into the water this ice fishing season
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committee is being asked to "recommend
actions for reducing the risk that bait and associated water or other
shipping material will act as a vector for nonindigenous species
introductions."
Because of increasing concerns for the spread of existing exotics and the growing fear of introductions of new ones, the congressionally mandated
Aquatic Nuisance Species National Task Force has formed the Recreational
Activities Committee.
The RAC was established to assist the Task Force "in developing voluntary
guidelines for controlling the spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic
nuisance species through recreational activities including boating and
fishing." Additionally, the committee is being asked to "recommend
actions for reducing the risk that bait and associated water or other
shipping material will act as a vector for nonindigenous species
introductions."
The Recreational Activities Committee as part of its mission statement
"advises and supports the ANS Task Force in fulfilling its
responsibilities under the National Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and
Control act of 1990, amended 1997."
The incidental introduction of aquatic nuisance species including
biological and terrestrial exotics is considered by some as the most
serious threat of environmental pollution to our country today. |
 Invited to represent the sport fishing community to this national committee are B.A.S.S., Trout Unlimited and the Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council. Representing boating interests include Boat/US, National Boating Federation, US Coast Guard Auxiliary and Nat'l. Assoc. of State Boating Law Administrators. The GLSFC for years has been the most proactive aquatic recreational organization leading the charge against the spread of aquatic nuisance species, years before anyone 50 miles beyond the shores of Lake Erie was interested in hearing about zebra mussels. Years ago an exotic in some circles meant something for your fish tank, in the media perhaps a female dancer. The American Sportfishing Association has been asked to represent the tackle industry, and the American Fisheries Society will represent the science community. Invited government agencies include NOAA, USFWS, National Park Service, Canadian Embassy, USCG and Int'l Assoc. of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. The Michigan Bait Dealers Association has also been asked to participate.
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