Capt. John McMurray's Bio

writer, specializing in Fisheries Conservation issues. He writes the Resource Column for Flyfishing in Saltwaters and for

6 years wrote the NY/NJ Fishwire at Reel-Time.com. He now runs a conservation blog on the site. He is a regular contributor to Saltwater Sportsman, Sportfishing, Shallow Water Angler and the L.I. Fisherman and has had feature articles and/or photography published in Saltwater Flyfishing, Tide Magazine, Nor’east Saltwater, Newsday and the New York Times. In 2006 he won the Coastal Conservation Association New York Friend of Fisheries Conservation award (click here to see press release). Check out some of McMurray's articles here.

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After obtaining an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Loyola College in Maryland, Captain John McMurray served in the US Coast Guard for four years as a small-boat coxswain and marine-fisheries law enforcement officer. He was then recruited to become the first Executive Director of the Coastal Conservation Association New York.

He is currently the Director of Grants Programs at the Norcross Wildlife Foundation in New York, which has distributed over $20 million in conservation grants since 1982, much of it directly targeted for protection of marine fish and habitat.

He is also owner and primary operator of “One More Cast” Charters, and serves as the Conservation Chair of the Professional Flyfishing and Light Tackle Guides Association. (Read below for more info)

Bio: Capt. John McMurray