NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018
Winners Announced at AFFTA
Industry Leadership Awards
Jim Klug and Land Tawney
were named for two new
industry leadership awards
at the International Fly
Tackle Dealer (IFTD) show
in Orlando this July.
The American Fly
Fishing Trade Association
recognized Land Tawney for
the Jim Range Conservation
Leadership Award and Jim
Klug for the Lefty Kreh
Industry Leadership Award
at the International Fly
Tackle Dealer Show in the
fi rst year that these awards
have been given.
The Jim Range
Conservation Leadership
Award is given in
recognition of exemplary
efforts demonstrating a
commitment to AFFTA’s
policy protocol: Access to
healthy habitat creates
recreational opportunity
that leads to economic
activity.
Land Tawney is the
president and CEO of
Backcountry Hunters and
Anglers, whose mission is
to ensure North America’s
Plans Blasted By Fishing Trade Over
Ocean Conservation Plan
Western Australian (WA)
fi shing experts have
hit back hard at mining
magnate Andrew Forrest’s
$100 million ocean
conservation plan, branding
it fl awed and potentially
disastrous.
Mr Forrest has pledged
to undertake a study and
set new marine protection
measures he claimed would
lead to better sustainability.
The Federal Government
plans to open 80 per cent
of Australia’s marine parks
to fi shing, including WA’s
Ningaloo Reef, the Rottnest
Trench and the Coral Sea off
Queensland.
But Mr Forrest’s suggestion
that sustainability efforts
outdoor heritage of hunting
and fi shing in a natural
setting, through education
and work on behalf of
wild public lands and
waters. A former grassroots
coordinator for TRCP and
regional representative for
NWF, he’s been a tireless
advocate for environmental
conservation for his entire
professional career.
The Lefty Kreh Industry
were failing angered WA’s
commercial and recreational
fi shing industry. WA marine
scientist Chris Jones said
proposed fi shery closures
could spell the death of
North West town Exmouth
as a tourist destination and
game-fi shing hotspot.
Chris Jones said, “The
potential impact on the
town of Exmouth could be
potentially devastating.
To take the stance he has
on marine parks when the
research is still questionable,
given the voice and infl uence
he has, is irresponsible.”
Former Recfi shwest
boss Frank Prokop said Mr
Forrest’s money would be
better spent on community
Leadership Award is given
in recognition of exemplary
efforts in furthering AFFTA’s
mission to promote the
sustained growth of the
fl y-fi shing industry. As
proposed by the board and
approved by his family, the
award carries the name of
one of the most important
ambassadors of the fl y
fi shing industry and the
sport itself.
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Former AFFTA Chairman,
Jim Klug is the Founder
and Director of Operations
at Yellow Dog Fly Fishing
Adventures, a company
that has become one of
the preeminent fl y fi shing
travel companies in the
world. Having been involved
with the industry since
he fi rst started working at
a fl y shop when he was a
kid, then as a guide and a
national sales manager for
a major fl y fi shing brand,
Jims dedication to the
health of the industry has
undoubtedly grown the
sport.
AFFTA President, Ben
Bulis stated, “The board
could not have selected any
better candidates to receive
these awards. The time,
energy and passion that
these two have dedicated
to advocating for our sport
and the places we enjoy it
is unrivalled. We are proud
to recognize the difference
that they have made
through their tremendous
leadership.”
Industry awards recipients Land Tawney and Jim Klug
education or artifi cial reefs.
Fremantle charter fi shing
operator Allan Bevan said
Mr Forrest’s claims that
catches from wild fi sheries
in Australia had been cut by
more than 30 per cent was
not because of falling stocks,
but because of closures of
commercial fi shing areas. He
said plastic bags and sharks
were bigger issues.
Fisheries
Minister Dave
Kelly said Mr
Forrest had
not sought to
meet the State
Government over
his proposal.
“We welcome
investment into
Andrew Forrest
research on these issues;
however I want to make
it clear WA fi sheries are
managed sustainably.
We have some of the
best managed fi sheries
in the world, with an
unprecedented eight
fi sheries that have been
independently certifi ed as
sustainable by the Marine
Stewardship Council.”
WA Fishing
Industry
Council chief
executive John
Harrison said
the State was
a world leader
in sustainable
fi shery
management.
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