The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of our state s marine and animal life. A handful of concerned anglers discuss banding together to promote responsible management of Louisiana's fishery resources. 1985 GCCA study of data collected over five years shows that size and bag limits on redfish and speckled trout have improved numbers of fish caught, man-hours required, total weight and averaged and estimated annual harvest.
Unregulated fish show a decline.
Participate in the establishment of New Tide, a CCA youth program designed to shape conservationists at a young age. 1986 CCA calls for immediate halt to net harvest of adult redfish in Gulf of Mexico after study reveals excessive netting in Federal waters could collapse resource. Also calls for state authority over the resource beyond state territorial waters. GCCA wins Conservation Group of the Year Award. CCA calls on Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldridge to declare immediate moratorium on netting redfish in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.