2008 WBS Grand Championships
WORLD CHAMPION OF BILLFISHING CROWNED IN COSTA RICA
Los Suenos, Costa Rica—The World Billfish Series Grand Championships wrapped up its final day of competition on Saturday, Dec. 6, with Florida’s Pat Logue emerging victorious. Logue, from Cape Coral, tallied an impressive score of 1,000 points with two ...read more
Day 1 and Day 2 Results
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Industry News
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURER’S ASSOCIATION ACTION
The Clean Boating Act of 2008 (S. 2766/H.R. 5949) is a strong, bipartisan bill that emerged out of a consensus process in order to prevent the unnecessary and unprecedented Environmental Protection Agency and individual state permitting of America's recreational boats for their incidental overboard water discharges. If the bill is not passed quickly, recreational vessels will be swept up in a federal and state permitting regime for their weather run-off, bilge water, engine cooling water, and...read more
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UNITED STATES TOUGHENS STANCE ON SHARK FINNING
The National Marine Fisheries Service recently implemented strong conservation measures for severely depleted coastal sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Stock assessments conducted in 2006 revealed that several species, including the sandbar, porbeagle and dusky shark populations have been severely overfished and that timeframes to rebuild these stocks were projected at 66, 100 and 400 years respectively. Thanks to numerous comments filed last winter by conservation and fishing groups, including the...read more |
WBS Anglers Club Members To Receive Sebago Discounts
The World Billfish Series and Sebago have teamed up again for the 2008 WBS World Tour. As a new member benefit, WBS World Tour Sponsor Sebago would like to invite all WBS Angler’s Club members to purchase footwear at a considerable discount through their pro purchase website. Sebago continues to produce footwear that is designed for people that immerse themselves in the boating lifestyle and other activities associated with the water. Wearing Sebago shoes will allow you the opportunity to experience over 60 years of innovation in hand-sewn and premiere performance marine footwear.
As a continuation of last year’s successful “Winner’s Wear Sebago” promotion, Sebago will again reward every top angler of a WBS World Tour event a complimentary pair of Sebago shoes of their choice. New this year to the promotion is a page in each issue of BILLFISHING Magazine congratulating the winners for their achievement.
For more information on the Sebago promotion, please visit www.sebago.com
For more on the membership benefits of the WBS Angler’s Club, click on either the link above or the side to Join the Anglers Club.
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