Testimony from Brandon Archer's Mother and the US Coast Guard Auxiliary
Does Not Convince Tennessee's Fish and Wildlife Commission to Consider
Common Sense Changes to Tennessee's Trotline Regulations
Please send the email below to ask the Tennessee State Legislature to watch this compelling testimony and then pass a bill to solve this dilemma.
To learn more about the most recent testimony to the Fish and Wildlife Commission:
Tennessee Lookout, December 2: Paddler Groups Frustrated by Lack of Regulation by State Wildlife Agency
The Daily Memphian: Tennessee's Trotline Decision Delayed
News Channel 9: TFWC Passes New Trotline Regulations; Not Enough to Satisfy Paddlers
ACA Tennessee: TWRA Resists Calls for Common Sense Changes to Trotline Regulation
Watch the testimony at the Fisheries Committee Meeting on Dec 1
Fisheries section begins at 1:40
Testimony begins at 1:57
Commission discussion begins at 2:36
Watch the discussion from the full Wildlife Commission meeting on Dec 2
Fisheries section begins at 1:31