Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Keep Florida Fishing Contributes to Northwest Florida Charterboat Operators Impacted by Hurricane Michael

(Tallahassee, Fla.) – Keep Florida Fishing® (KFF), an advocacy arm of the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), today showed its support for the National Association of Charterboat Operators’ (NACO) by contributing to the organization’s Disaster Relief Fund. The fund supports both NACO members, and non-members, recovering from Hurricane Michael.

NACO is a 501(c)(6) non-profit membership association representing charterboat and headboat owners and operators across the nation, with many members located in Florida. NACO and the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) have partnered to provide financial aid to anglers in most need of assistance due to disasters in their area.

“Keep Florida Fishing, the state-based advocacy arm of the recreational fishing industry, is proud to support our anglers, along with charterboat and headboat owners and operators here in Northwest Florida, who have been hit hard by Hurricane Michael,” said Gary Jennings, Keep Florida Fishing Director. “The devastation experienced in the Panhandle region is substantial and our hope is that others in the sportfishing industry will also contribute to recovery efforts.”

For information on how your organization or association may contribute, please contact the NACO office at 866-981-5136 or email atinfo@nacocharters.org.

About Keep Florida Fishing®
Keep Florida Fishing® is an advocacy arm of the American Sportfishing Association with the goal of ensuring Florida anglers have clean waters, abundant fisheries and access to both. Florida is considered the ‘Fishing Capital of the World’ and home to more than three million licensed anglers, supporting 128,000 jobs, providing $9.6 billion in economic activity and contributing more than $53.3 million for fisheries conservation. Learn more at www.KeepFloridaFishing.org. Find Keep Florida Fishing on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

 

Contact: Christina Johnson, 850.391.5040, christina@on3pr.com