To promote and encourage the sport of recreational fishing.- Actively engage in the establishment and implementation of sound policies and practices related to the protection, conservation, restoration, and safe regulation of the natural marine resources of New York State and the other states that share resources with New York State.
- Monitor and lobby for federal, state, and local legislative activities that promote the rights and privileges of New York coastal recreational fishermen. As well as monitor and lobby against legislative activities which would infringe on the rights and privileges of the thereof.
- Actively engage in activities that preserve and promote access to all current and future fishing grounds that are of interest to New York coastal recreational fishermen.
- Foster communication between all interested parties, organizations, and individuals that share the above stated goals.
The New York Coalition for Recreational Fishing, Inc. is a tax exempt 501(c)(6) organization. We meet every two months and work together for the betterment of recreational fishing in the State of New York.