The MRAA Board of Directors has recently approved the Advisory Council of Marine Associations (ACMA) annual list of policy resolutions. ACMA is comprised of associations in the recreational marine industries, state and regional marine trade associations, and other interested parties. The group serves as a sounding board for MRAA’s legislative priorities and the recreational boating […]
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Interior Prioritizes Recreation Access with New Secretarial Order
Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a secretarial order directing that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) adequately weigh public access for outdoor recreation – including hunting and fishing – when determining the appropriateness of the disposal or exchange of public lands. Identifying lands as available for disposal or exchange is required under […]
MRAA Enlists Three Top Industry Trainers as 2019 Dealer Week ‘Education Hosts’
The Hosts will serve as guides throughout the event’s educational sessions Dealer Week, the MRAA’s all-new annual conference and expo, announced today that it will divide its education into three main classrooms, or Education Pathways: The Dealership, The Customer and The Employee. Each of these Pathways will feature sessions, case studies, workshops, dealer-to-dealer interaction — […]
Acting DOI Secretary Applauds Trump’s Signing of Bipartisan Public Lands and Conservation Package
U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Secretary David Bernhardt applauded President Donald J. Trump for signing into law S.47, the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (formerly known as the Natural Resources Management Act). The President signed the bill at an Oval Office signing ceremony surrounded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The bill was […]
Boats Group Commits to MRAA, Dealer Week at the Strategic Partner Level
Boats Group recently signed a three-year commitment and became the latest Strategic Partner of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and its newly reimagined Annual Conference and Expo, Dealer Week. The event is scheduled for Dec. 8-11 at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Tampa, Fla. Celebrating its 43rd annual conference in 2019, MRAA […]
Bret Baier to Headline 2019 American Boating Congress
Heading to DC for ABC? This year’s headliner will be Bret Baier, FOX News chief political anchor and host of “Special Report with Bret Baier” – the top-rated cable news program in its timeslot and consistently one of the top five shows in cable news – will headline and facilitate a panel discussion at the […]
MarineMax, Inc. Commits Major Support to MRAA’s Dealer Week
Brett McGill, MarineMax President and CEO, says the event presents “incredible value” for the industry. MarineMax, Inc., the nation’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer, has pledged its full support for Dealer Week, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas’ Annual Conference & Expo, to be held Dec. 8-11, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. MarineMax has […]
Boating Caucus Unveils Industry Data on Capitol Hill
On Wednesday, February 27th, the Congressional Boating Caucus and representatives of the recreational boating industry presented the “Boating Industry Briefing: Jobs, Businesses, and the Economy”. It also served as the official release of new economic data from the National Marine Manufacturers Association, and that data indicates that the boating industry generated $170.3 billion in spending […]
Outdoor Recreation Industry Welcomes the 116th Congress, Celebrates Early Wins
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) hosted a reception for the 116th Congress and celebrated the monumental steps its members have already taken to grow the outdoor recreation economy and provide access to America’s great outdoors. The ORR, which MRAA is a founding member of, is America’s leading coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations and organizations […]
MRAA Surpasses 2018 BoatPAC Fundraising Goal
BoatPAC is the recreational boating industry’s political action committee. Since 2015, MRAA and NMMA have to support candidates running for Congress who will represent and protect the interests of the recreational boating industry on Capitol Hill. Last February, MRAA pledged to raise $20,000 from within the retail sector. In the 2018 calendar year, the MRAA […]
