Some give hundreds of thousands of dollars to groups like the ASF or TU. Most operate somewhere in between.

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Sure, both the ASF and TU do their work on behalf of fishermen.

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Catch-and-release angling, which both the ASF and TU promote, is a moral issue that every fisherman and woman must grapple with.

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Earlier this decade the ASF spearheaded an agreement to close the commercial harvest of Atlantic salmon off the coast of Greenland.

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For whatever reason, the animals represent volume controls whereas the humans muster up the sense to fast forward or reverse your ASF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA audio.

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But every day, hundreds of ASF volunteers battle for the species on the ground, rebuilding and restoring river and fish-spawning habitat in the Atlantic Canada provinces and Maine.

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In 1999, the ASF led the effort to tear down the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Maine, which freed up 17 miles of river that had been submerged.

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Take the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) for example.

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Much of that success is thanks to the ASF.

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