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11/10/2008 7:58:58 AM

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Daiwa donates to FishAmerica Foundation

The FishAmerica Foundation was presented with a $10,000 donation from the Daiwa Corporation during the 2008 Sportfishing Summit in Denver.

Terry Pedersen, Daiwa's Vice President of Sales, presented the check to FishAmerica's Executive Director Johanna Laderman and American Sportfishing Association President and CEO Mike Nussman during ASA's annual business meeting held Oct. 28 - 30. FishAmerica is ASA's fisheries conservation and research foundation.

"FishAmerica is proud to be the recipient of Daiwa's generous gift," Laderman said. "It is gifts from companies such as Daiwa that have contributed to our many successes over the past 25 years and our ability to restore and improve fisheries across the United States."

FishAmerica is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Since 1983, the foundation has invested more than $10 million in 1,000 projects in the United States and Canada. FishAmerica's family fishing program was launched to create, enhance and restore fishing opportunities within easy reach of suburban and urban families - "within a short bicycle ride of every child."

Since 2000, the foundation has awarded more than $135,000 to fund community-based family fishing projects across the United States. The grants were matched with more than $376,000 in cash and in-kind donations by the local community - a nearly three to one return on the foundation's investment.

For more information on the FishAmerica Foundation visit www.fishamerica.org