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The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 107: Saving the Everglades

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.937.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Fort Lauderdale, FL- Steven Rinella talks with Kellie Ralston and Matt Cook, along with Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

Subjects Discussed: the American Sportfishing Association; Florida: the most fishinest state; the Magnusson-Stevens Act; the state of America's major fisheries; restoring the Everglades; Florida's access issues; how to save our coral reefs; keeping America fishing; the mechanical awesomeness of a largemouth bass's big-assed mouth; and more.

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0:00.0

This is the meat eater podcast coming at you shirtless severely bugged bitten in my case underwear list.

0:15.0

Let me feed our podcast.

0:18.0

You can't predict anything.

0:20.0

Presented by first light go farther stay longer.

0:33.0

All right.

0:35.0

A very special guest Kelly Ralston.

0:38.0

Hello.

0:39.0

My first question for you is like a it's like a structural question.

0:43.0

Do you think I should ask you first to explain the ASA or should I ask you first to explain the average lights?

0:55.0

Well, ASA would be a lot easier. So maybe we'll go with that one.

0:58.0

Okay. So within that keep Florida fishing.

1:04.0

Like roll that into it.

1:06.0

Okay. So I am work for the American Sport Fishing Association. We are a trade association for the sport fishing industry.

1:14.0

And so our members range from tackle retailers, tackle manufacturers clothing, I wear boat manufacturers pretty much anything associated with sport fishing industry retailers are our members.

1:31.0

The ASA also puts on I cast which is the world's largest sport fishing trade show every July here in Orlando.

1:38.0

So we would welcome you all back to Florida if you want to make another trip coming up this summer.

1:44.0

Because of the importance of Florida to the sport fishing industry.

1:48.0

It's the most fish in the state right.

1:50.0

It is is the fishing capital of the world. And so you know we have our industry has a huge investment in the state.

1:57.0

And we wanted to make sure that we ensured that for the industry moving forward. And so we started the keep Florida fishing initiative.

2:06.0

I guess about two and a half years ago. It's about how long I've been with ASA to really focus on Florida specific issues.

2:13.0

So our motto is,

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