Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) members, including MRAA, lauded the Senate for introducing a bipartisan bill, the Great American Outdoors Act, that prioritizes the $20 billion maintenance backlog facing our public lands and waters and finally fully funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). It includes the Restore Our Parks Act (ROPA), which would help […]
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Virginia General Assembly Passes Legislation to Strengthen Menhaden Conservation
Bill supports recreational fishing economy and science-based management. With strong bipartisan support, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation that improves menhaden management in the Atlantic. The bill, which is headed to Governor Northam’s desk, transfers management authority of Atlantic menhaden to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, which oversees every other saltwater fishery in the Commonwealth. […]
Biscayne National Park Fisheries Management Plan Approved
On February 19, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved the Biscayne National Park Fisheries Management Plan. The result of decades of debate, the recreational boating and fishing community successfully advocated for a plan that would increase the abundance of targeted species in the park by 20 percent without implementing a marine reserve […]
Bipartisan Legislation Would Prioritize Recreational Infrastructure
On February 10, U.S. Representatives John Katko (R-NY-24) and Anthony Brindisi (D-NY-22) introduced the Safe Harbors for Our Recreation Economy (SHORE) Act. This bipartisan legislation would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to account for recreation-based economic impacts in cost-benefit analysis procedures to prioritize funding […]
Register for the 2020 American Boating Congress Today
Hundreds of recreational boating industry stakeholders will descend on Washington, D.C. from May 12-14, 2020 for the American Boating Congress (ABC) – the industry’s annual advocacy summit to educate members of congress and the administration on issues impacting your business. And we cordially invite you to join us. ABC provides attendees with the unique opportunity […]
MRAA Debuts “Ask the Expert” Webinar Series
Following the success of two recent webinars that focused on asking experts the questions that marine retailers care about, MRAA has decided to launch a free monthly webinar series titled “Ask the Expert.” The first entry in the series is “Ask the Expert: How to Keep Your Dealership Safe,” featuring security expert Robert Siciliano, on […]
MRAA’s Dealer Week Receives World-Class Net Promoter Scores
Dealer Week, the annual conference and expo of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas, held Dec. 8-11, 2019 in Tampa, Fla., finalized its post-event attendee survey campaign to find that dealer attendees rated the event with world-class net promoter scores. “To reinvent our annual conference, we collaborated with the dealer community, leading manufacturers and […]
Three Service Providers Commit to MRAA Partnership in January
The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas is pleased to announced that Avonbrook Software Solutions, Honda Marine and Markel have committed to the MRAA at the Partner level. Through Partner Membership, marine manufacturers, suppliers and service providers commit to align their brands with the programs and opportunities that MRAA works to provide the dealer body […]
Dealer Week Awarded 2019 Neptune Awards Honorable Mention
Dealer Week, the reimagined Marine Retailers Association of the Americas Conference and Expo, was awarded Honorable Mention in the Event Marketing / Grassroots category of the 2019 Neptune Awards. Honorees were recognized at a combined Marine Marketers of America and Boating Writers International meeting during the Miami International Boat Show on February 13. Dealer Week’s […]
MRAA files comments on Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
On Friday, January 31, MRAA submitted comments to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) in response for its request for industry comments on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Restoration Blueprint. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a significant destination for millions of recreational boaters and anglers […]
