Coast Guard Bill Placed on Senate Calendar Notable contents affecting U.S. boat dealers include $1.5 million for the National Recreational Boating Survey and reauthorization of the Sportfish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act. Additionally, the bill’s contents direct the Coast Guard to begin developing a model for a national recreational vessel training curriculum and education […]

How You Can Support the Miami International Boat Show You’ve likely been following the developments and challenges surrounding the Miami International Boat Show, one of the most significant and influential shows in our industry, and celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2016. Most recently, Miami­Dade County delayed a vote on issuing a key permit for the […]

Inside New U.S. Transportation Bill and How it Affects Boat Dealers Leaders within both the recreational boating and fishing sectors believe these updates will strengthen what is already the world’s premier aquatic conversation and boating access program, while ●      New language regarding the $1.2 million that funds the Sport Fish and Boating Partnership Council and […]

Are YOU interested in having your voice heard when it comes to how the U.S. government classifies and tracks various occupations at your dealership? If so, please accept this invitation to join a special teleconference call this Wednesday, Dec. 9, to discuss updates to the “Standards of Occupational Classification,” a document currently being drafted and […]

On September 9th, Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA-6) introduced H.R.3462, the Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2015, an important step in reauthorizing a crucial program that provides access and conservation programs to recreational boaters across the country. The measure has been referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee […]

On August 3rd, hundreds of concerned Florida locals crowded inside the William F. Dickinson community center in Homestead, Florida to witness a joint oversight hearing of the House Committee On Small Business and the House Committee on Natural Resources. Committee members gathered to discuss restricted access at Biscayne National Park and implications for fishermen, small […]

On July 23rd, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Subcommittee on Oversight to discuss the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The main focus of the meeting was to discuss the changes that have occurred in our nations energy sector between 2005, when […]

Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young’s legislation to renew, amend and strengthen the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act has passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a margin of 225 to 152. The legislation, H.R. 1335, the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act,  represents more than four years of work by […]

The Environmental Protection Agency has released its proposal for the next three years of the ethanol mandate. It set its overdue 2014 requirements at the actual level of production — 15.93 billion gallons of biofuel — increasing that total to 16.3 billion gallons this year and 17.4 billion gallons in 2016. The statutory requirement for […]

On April 30, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved a bipartisan bill to strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard.  “I am proud of the bipartisan legislation that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved today,” says Hunter. “The men and women of the Coast Guard continue to perform a vital role in supporting maritime safety and […]