NOAA Takes-A-Kid-Fishing
Christopher Hayes
Knauss Fellow, NOAA Fisheries Service
On June 2, approximately 350 elementary and middle school students from the Washington, DC, area converged on Constitution Gardens, a pond on the National Mall, to participate in the annual Take-A-Kid-Fishing event. Take-A-Kid-Fishing is a free event designed to introduce area youth to the joys of fishing. The students learned to cast, tie a hook, and bait the hook. While the day was a bit short on actual fish, there was plenty of enthusiasm and sunshine. NOAA Fisheries Service’s Partnerships and Communications Division coordinated the event with the Department of the Interior, DC Fisheries Program, and the non-profit Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. As an American pastime, angling generates more than $30 billion in economic impact and provides over 350,000 jobs. Take-A-Kid-Fishing continues to introduce young people to a great American tradition.
NOAA Fisheries Service and other federal agencies spent the morning of June 2, 2008 exposing area students to the joys of recreational fishing.
Photo Credit: Christopher Hayes, NOAA Fisheries Service.
Approximately 350 local elementary and middle school students converged at Constitution Gardens on the National Mall. NOAA Fisheries Service teamed up with other federal agencies to teach the students how to fish.
Photo Credit: Christopher Hayes, NOAA Fisheries Service.
Forbes Darby of NOAA Fisheries Service, Partnerships and Communications Division teaches a student to tie a hook.
Photo Credit: Christopher Hayes, NOAA Fisheries Service.