The Montauk Surfcasters Association is a non-profit organization, founded in 1980 that:<\/strong> Annual activities of the M.S.A include:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Montauk Surfcasters Assocation The Montauk Surfcasters Association is a non-profit organization, founded in 1980 that:\u2022 Preserves and protects the privilege […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9564,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/9564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfcasters.org\/neo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 Preserves and protects the privilege to fish on Long Island and the East Coast
\u2022 Represents our membership to the NYS ORPHP Fishing Advisory Board, an ad hoc committee which advises the Long Island Region of NYS Parks on matters affecting surf fishermen such as permit regulations, beach access, fees, habitat & use of State Parks on Long Island.
\u2022 Maintains active working relationships with State, Suffolk County and Local Park superintendents to help ensure and protect fishing access.
\u2022 Represents fishermen on matters affecting the use of Suffolk County & Local Parks.
\u2022 Advocates for fishermen to elected officials regarding regulations affecting the fishery, habitat protection and other environmental matters.
\u2022 Monitors State and local candidates for office and informs membership on issues affecting fishermen and fishing access.\u00a0
\u2022 Collaborates with other fishing organizations throughout coastal areas to help preserve surf fishing access on the national level.
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\u2022 Spring and fall clean-up of the beaches surrounding Montauk Point; participation in National Beach Clean-up Day, Clean up at Orient Point, and several other locations throughout long island
\u2022 Annual picnic in Montauk.
\u2022 Participation in St. Patrick’s Day Parade
\u2022 Participation in fishing seminars.
\u2022 Annual Fishing Tackle Show & Seminar<\/p>\n\n\n\nStand Up and Be Counted! Join Today<\/a> to Protect your Fishing Access Tomorrow!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"