To read the most recent report by our President to the MSSA Board of Directors on the current state of the Scholarship Foundation, CLICK HERE.

MSSA extends membership to the 2011 Scholarship winners.  In recognition of the special relationship between the Maryland Saltwater Sportsfishermen’s Association (MSSA) and the 11 winners of scholarships that were awarded in June, 2011, one year memberships in MSSA have been extended to each awardee.  As recipients of MSSA’s TIDE LINES magazine and other correspondence, emails, and notices of events and marine regulatory activities, we hope to encourage these students to work diligently to earn their degrees and invest their careers in the solutions to the problems that plague our marine environments.  CLICK HERE to learn more about MSSA.

Keith Fraser, owner of Alltackle.com, with stores in Annapolis and Ocean City, Maryland, is the first Corporate Sponsor of a scholarship to be awarded in 2012.  By establishing the Alltackle.com Scholarship, Keith has demonstrated his commitment to help improve the marine environments of the Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters of Maryland.  Click here to learn more about Keith and his company.  Visit our Sponsors Page for a link to Alltackle.com

Meet Tracy Dirks, a four-year scholarship winner who has earned three college degrees in Marine Sciences and recently joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) as a Seasonal Environmental Educator.  The MSSA Scholarship Foundation is proud to have played a part in enabling Tracy’s education and encouraging her career commitment to the environmental health of our marine eco-system.  Click here to read Tracy’s description of her experiences as one of our scholarship students.