CFA Mission Statement

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"To ensure the American public access to fishing, to engage and represent the Federal For-hire fishing industry, and to ensure long-term sustainability of our nation's fisheries."

The roots of the Charter Fishermans Association were established in 2008, when a group of like-minded fishermen, business owners, and associates over time developed proactive and cutting-edge ideas to address the dire need for a more effective fishery management system for our nations fisheries. Several of these same charter for-hire fishermen decided it was time to establish a formal and unique non-profit entity to advocate these new ideas and in 2011 CFA was born.

This industry needs a focused direction so it can continue to provide long term access for recreational anglers to our nation's resources. For the most part, the  for-hire industry has been made up of individual men and women who have the love and desire to work on the water. People who embrace the independence to do things their own way. It is the freedom to be your own boss and set out in the world on your own terms. This existence and attitude has served us all well in the past but now times have changed.

A few decades back, we found ourselves in a cycle of management that was not serving our industry as well as it could. It was clear we had to make changes that would put our anglers in a better position to access the resource. The strong independent spirit that is deep inside of for-hire fishermen and women has interfered with our ability to be organized in the past. Now we have a common place to come together share our experience and needs to better understand one another. 

Below are our main goals... It will take a dedicated hardworking organization to bring these to success, and that is what CFA is about.