B.A.S.S. announced today that it's formed a partnership with the non-profit organization Recycled Fish in order to further habitat restoration and improvement, help fight the spread of invasive species, encourage watershed-level stewardship and S.A.F.E. angling practices and address access issues and fishing participation.
Through the new partnership, B.A.S.S. Federation Nation conservation directors and B.A.S.S. clubs around the world will help bring to life programs like the Recycled Fish 1 Million Stewards program, which will provide reusable mesh lake cleanup bags packaged with the “We Are Stewards” booklet. The booklet describes everyday ways that anglers can care for their waters — even when they’re not at the lake. When anglers use the cleanup bags, they can visit a website to report their efforts and earn recognition and prizes.
“There is no group of people more committed to healthy waters than anglers, and B.A.S.S. members represent the most passionate anglers in the world,” said Recycled Fish executive director Teeg Stouffer. “Together, Recycled Fish and B.A.S.S. can make the point that as concerned anglers, we don’t just ‘do’ a lake cleanup once a year, we are lake cleanups, and we can live a lifestyle where our waters are better off on account of us. After all, healthy waters grow more and bigger fish.”
Said B.A.S.S. conservation director Noreen Clough: “B.A.S.S. Conservation is committed to caring for our waters from coast to coast and around the world. Our award-winning projects are creating, maintaining and sustaining black bass fisheries and the habitats on which they depend. This partnership helps us continue to do so efficiently and in new and exciting ways.”
