Dealer Week, the annual conference and expo of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas, will be hosted online Dec. 8-11. The Dealer Week Awards Celebration will be hosted during the event. Dealer Week will play host to three days of awards next week, sponsored by Kicker Marine Audio. The Dealer Week Awards Celebration will […]
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Bellavia Blatt Launches Marine Dealer Representation Program
Bellavia Blatt provides support for hundreds of marine dealerships nationwide, as general counsel to the Marine Retailers Association of America. Our Marine DealerLaw Program provides marine dealers with unlimited access to our dealership attorneys for a low flat monthly fee. THE DL300 PLAN ($300 MONTHLY) The DealerLaw 300 Plan is your key to feeling secure. […]
MIACF creates Dealer Week member program
The Marine Industries Association of Central Florida sponsored registrations to the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas’ Dealer Week conference and expo with registrations for 15 of its members. In an effort to support the MRAA and to create even more benefits for the MIACF membership, the MIACF board of directors and executive director David […]
Correct Craft Appoints Scott Bauer President of Parker Boats
Correct Craft President and CEO Bill Yeargin announced Scott Bauer as the new President of Parker Boats. Bauer has had a 26-year career in the marine industry that began with Outboard Marine Corporation, working in both their aluminum boat group and engine group. He then transitioned to Tracker Marine Group where he held various positions […]
MRAA Adds Three Partner Members
MINNEAPOLIS — Nov. 17 — The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announces three new partners in Platinum Partner Chaparral / Robalo (Marine Products Corporation) and both Indmar Products, Inc., and the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) as Partner Members. “MRAA is pleased to add these three outstanding partners to our membership list,” […]
Dealer Week’s online format attracts new dealers
Nearly 40 percent of the dealer registrants for Dealer Week 2020 will be attending the annual conference of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas for the first time. Through the first week of November, a total of 23 dealership entities that have never attended the event were registered to participate, representing about 15 percent […]
MRAA, Outdoor Recreation Applaud Report Showing Industry Impact on GDP
On November 10, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released updated economic data, including national and state level data for both 2018 and 2019, on outdoor recreation’s significant economic impact on the U.S. economy including national and state level data for both 2018 and 2019, showing $788 billion in economic output, […]
Nearly 200 receive a sneak preview of Dealer Week
Close to 200 attendees participated in a special Dealer Week Preview Event this week, which offered a sneak peek at the platform where the Dealer Week Conference and Expo will take place online in December. More than 350 dealer attendees have already registered to attend the main conference in December. “Since Dealer Week is online […]
The MRAA and the Outdoor Recreation Community Needs Your Help
The MRAA and other outdoor recreation organizations are building a comprehensive list of Land and Water Conservation Fund-eligible recreation projects for funding through the Great American Outdoors Act. With the passage of GAOA this summer, we have an unprecedented opportunity to have our voice and priorities carried out through LWCF and the maintenance backlog. Now it’s on […]
Atlantic States Vote to Reduce Atlantic Menhaden Quota by 10%, Strengthening Fisheries
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Menhaden Management Board voted yesterday to reduce the Atlantic menhaden quota by 10 percent, establishing a quota of 194,400 metric tons for the 2021 and 2022 fishing years. Atlantic menhaden are a primary food source for numerous sportfish populations, especially striped bass. The harvest reduction comes in […]
