Team of physicians from Staten Island, Manhattan and Texas make a difference in Haiti
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The team of physicians arrived Tuesday morning at a place, thousands of miles from the cool operating rooms and sophisticated machinery of home, where they cut bone with saw blades from a hardware store, observed the rhythm of patients' breathing to judge whether they had given enough anesthesia and operated without the benefit of X-rays or monitoring equipment.

Wondering what the FCA has been doing in 2009?  Here’s a quick summary:

Jan. 11 through Mar. 29 held the FCA Sunday Fly Tying Sessions at the Education Center in Gateway National Park, Great Kills, Staten Island
Mar. 20 – 22 FCA was present at the Somerset Saltwater EXPO with a booth manned by our volunteers
Apr. 4 Held the Annual FCA Banquet at the Grand Plaza in Great Kills, Staten Island honoring:
•    Staten Island Deputy Borough President Ed Burke with the Conservation Award
•    Dennis O’Rourke with the Community Benefactor Award
•    Bill Paciello with the Lifetime Achievement Award
•    Joan Sharrott with the Special Recognition Award
May 15 Held the annual Manhattan Cup at the Chelsea Brewery in NYC
May 16 Held our first beach clean up at the Conference House, Tottenville
May 31 Held Surf Fishing Seminar at the Conference House Visitors Center
Jun. 6 FCA volunteers participated in the Harlem Park Children’s Fishing Event for the Hudson River Quadricentennial Celebration
Jun. 11 Held a fishing trip with disabled veterans from the Brooklyn VA Day Hospital on the Atlantis Princess
Jun. 20 Held our second beach clean up at the Sharrott Ave. Fishing Pier, Staten Island
Jul. 8 Every Wednesday through Aug. 19 FCA volunteers worked with NYC Park Dept. Rangers in its Children’s Fishing Event for the Hudson River Quadricentennial Celebration
Jul. 19 Held our Hooked for a Lifetime fishing event with Inner City Kids at Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier
Aug. 1 Held our annual Blood Drive at Michael’s Bait & Tackle, Great Kills Harbor
Sep. 12 Held our Hooked for a Lifetime fishing event with Autistic Children at Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier
Sep. 19 Held our third beach clean up at New Dorp Beach, Staten Island
Sep. 23 - 25 Held the FCA Montauk Slam, a part of the Redbone Celebrity Tournament Series in Montauk, NY to find the cure for Cystic Fibrosis
Oct. 17 Held our fourth beach clean up at the Navy Pier, Staten Island
Nov. 19 Held our annual Fall Blitz Cocktail Party at Craft Restaurant, NYC
Worked with NYC Park Dept. to remove illegal “NO Fishing” signage by the pier at IKEA in Brooklyn
Dec. 11 Held our annual Holiday Party at the Grand Plaza, Staten Island

New Jersey:
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds saltwater anglers that the federal government's National Saltwater Angler Registry Program requires most New Jersey saltwater anglers to register prior to fishing in 2010.

Chairman’s Message – Capt. Frank Crescitelli

A new decade, a new plan of attack! As we finish up our planning and budget meetings for 2010, I am excited, as excited that is, that I can be without having caught a fish in months! If anyone has ever had cabin fever, then you know what I am talking about. At any rate we have laid out our plans for the new year, which include another hard push to make Striped Bass a Game fish in New York. We have a little bit of a head start because right now in the Senate is a bill that will call for the end of commercial fishing in the Hudson River, which by the way is the location of the second largest spawning biomass of Striped Bass in the world.