. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photo by John R. Rottet stay out overnight, saving fuel with one less trip to and from the marina. On these overnighters, he and his crew members will bottom fish for grouper and snapper, which they sell back at the marina, often clearing as much as $300 to $400. And, if the competition isn't enough for him, McGee is also involved in the organization of the Cape Fear Marlin Tournament as chairman of the Special Awards Committee and as treasurer of the New Hanover Fishing Club (which claims to be America's
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photo by John R. Rottet stay out overnight, saving fuel with one less trip to and from the marina. On these overnighters, he and his crew members will bottom fish for grouper and snapper, which they sell back at the marina, often clearing as much as $300 to $400. And, if the competition isn't enough for him, McGee is also involved in the organization of the Cape Fear Marlin Tournament as chairman of the Special Awards Committee and as treasurer of the New Hanover Fishing Club (which claims to be America's largest fishing club). He says the fellowship is also a very important reason he is so active in competitive fishing. "When all of us get out on the water, everybody kinda unites in a common cause. If somebody gets in trouble, no matter how competitive, regardless of what's at stake, you go to them. It's a tremendous feeling of fellowship, and you'll find that in all the ; Changes in The rules Tournament fishing hasn't always been well-received by the public. Resi- dents of many coastal communities can recall when hundreds and thou- sands of pounds of fish caught during competition were dumped overboard and left to rot. But there have been some rule changes in recent years to counter the bad publicity. Leon Abbas, Sea Grant's recreation specialist, credits this reorganization to a change in society's attitudes. "People aren't as tolerant of waste," he says, "so tournaments are changing to reflect this attitude, Fishermen are also becoming more and more aware that you can't keep pulling fish out of the ocean. There is a growing apprecia- tion," he explains, "that these fish are valuable, a resource that you can't keep on ; The two recent rule changes in tour- naments, Abbas says, are a tendency towards more releases and better utilization of the fish killed. In mackerel and billfish competition, prizes for live relea
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