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Alright, Fish Strong, so strong nation. We have a special one here today, don't we?

Look, it's gonna be good. So over the past couple of years we've seen a lot of talk and

a lot of debate, especially in some of our Facebook groups and just online in general

about conservation, about just our fisheries and being responsible anglers. And then one

final piece that I think is coming up more and more like I know we're personally getting

blasted a lot is just the proper catch and release, how you want to hold these fish,

how you want to release them, how to increase the odds of these fish are not just going

to swim away but actually live and survive. And so we brought on two of the best experts

out there. We want to thank Lisa Fitzgerald for making this introduction originally. We've

got Will and Greg. First of all guys like talk about what you're doing, like what your

roles are and then let's just get right into it. I really want to hammer on some of

these numbers like staggering numbers and then how we can you know fix some of the issues

that are out there. So we're going to start with Will. Well, go for it, brother.

Sure. Hey, I appreciate you guys having me. My name's Will Johnson. I work for Building

Conservation Trust and we are the habitat arm of Coastal Conservation Association.

Back in 2010 the organization was initially started with the intent of putting more marine

habitat on the seafloor and in the surrounding areas through the Coastal Conservation Association

platform. So since 2010 we've delivered about $18 million worth of conservation projects

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