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MRAA opposes Mass. license buy back effort

The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas authored a letter opposing a state initiative in Massachusetts known as the Salt Water Angler Buy Back Study, which would use federal dollars to pay people not to fish. In Massachusetts, the MRAA

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Global Marine Insurance signs on as MDCE Digital Sponsor

ORLANDO, Fla. — Global Marine Insurance Agency has signed on to be the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo’s Digital Sponsor for 2012. The company will provide every conference attendee with a pre-loaded flash drive containing PowerPoint presentations from every session

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Rep. Pingree Introduces Working Waterfronts Bill

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced H.R. 3109, the Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2012, along with 17 original co-sponsors late in 2011. The bill is very similar to one introduced by Rep. Pingree two years ago, which had the

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NOAA Sets Catch Limits on All Managed Species

In an unprecedented effort to sustain commercial and recreational fishing in the next several decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration set the world’s first catch limits for every species of marine animal it manages from Alaska Polluck to Caribbean

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Final Longshore Rule Out

In 2009, after a long fought battle by a coalition of recreational boating trade groups, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act was successfully amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to exclude certain additional recreational vessel

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STO: MRAA debuts nationwide insurance program

The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced that the MRAA Rewards Insurance Program, available through Norman-Spencer Marine Insurance Services to MRAA members, was rolled out nationwide March 1. The MRAA Rewards coverage, which is part of the agency’s AquaPac

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STO: Marine groups detail online progress

The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas unveiled a new website, and Dominion Marine Media reported significant growth in website visitors. The MRAA launched a new website that it said will change the way the group and its members conduct

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