{"id":61,"date":"2009-05-26T12:57:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T19:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/05\/26\/talkin-catch-shares-on-the-texas-coast\/"},"modified":"2009-05-26T12:57:38","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T19:57:38","slug":"talkin-catch-shares-on-the-texas-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/05\/26\/talkin-catch-shares-on-the-texas-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Talkin&#8217; Catch Shares on the Texas Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/content_Images\/marcie.jpg\" height=\"109\" \/>By <a href=\"mailto:mjones@edf.org\">Marcie Jones<\/a>, Gulf of Mexico Program Coordinator, Environmental Defense Fund Oceans Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I recently attended Corpus Christi\u2019s 10th Annual Earth Day \u2013 Bay Day Festival on behalf of EDF\u2019s Gulf of Mexico Oceans program.\u00a0 I\u2019d heard about the festival since I started at EDF last year, so I was really excited to share our catch share message with the 10,000+ attendees.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/content_Images\/earthdaybayday.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baysfoundation.org\/edbd_main.php\">annual event <\/a>is hosted by The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation so that locals can learn about bays, estuaries, wetlands, native plants and animals, recycling and general conservation and environmental issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our booth was full of information, facts and photos that showcased the problems with fisheries, explained why people should care, and described how catch shares can help. 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