MICHAEL FARRIOR

Michael Farrior is a world-renowned figure for his volunteer work with the International Game Fish Association and the Tuna Club of Catalina Island, and as a historian and benefactor for wounded soldiers and youth. His scope of adventures includes 15 years in Alaska, across much of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and in many countries, including Australia, New Zealand and nations in Africa. He is a member of the game fish association's Hall of Fame and was appointed as the first historian in the association's history.

His passion is big-game fishing for giant tuna, with special interest in the history of the sport in California and around the world and sharing that passion with others. Farrior was among the first to privately fund fishing trips for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. In the past 10 years, he has been the catalyst for launching a series of Junior Angler Tournaments from San Diego to Northern California.

Farrior has contributed to fishery management around the world. In 2009, the game fish association honored Farrior with a special proclamation that declared him a "national treasure." In Washington D.C., then-Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-San Diego, entered into the Congressional Record that Farrior is "sport fishing's own national treasure."

ED MIGALE

Ed Migale is a pioneering saltwater angler, world-traveled expert hunter and a supporter of youth hunting programs who has shared his expertise with thousands.

Migale may be best known for developing light-tackle saltwater fishing techniques, with which he helped invent and refine drift-fishing, including building new-style custom rods designed for salmon, halibut and rockfish. Thousands have attended his seminars.

Lesser known is that Migale, as a hunter, completed the "royal slam" of turkey hunting, taking all five subspecies of wild turkeys found in North America. He has hunted and fished throughout California and much of the United States, Canada and Mexico, along with Argentina and Africa.

Migale has served as a primary volunteer for conservation organizations, including the National Wild Turkey Federation, Ducks Unlimited and the California Waterfowl Association. With California Waterfowl, he was a founding member of the Youth and Education Committee. When federal law first allowed for a special "Youth Hunting Day" in 1996, Migale arranged for dozens of youngsters to hunt at his duck club.

In addition to teaching through seminars, Migale has shared his expertise on fishing, hunting and conservation in national and regional publications, and through Wilderness Unlimited.

JACQUELINE DOUGLAS

Jacky Douglas has been California's No. 1 goodwill advocate for salmon, fisheries, conservation and water issues during a 50-year career. She is charismatic and accomplished, one of the most popular party boat captains in America, and has taken an estimated 150,000 people from all over the world fishing out the Golden Gate. She is the first 84-years-young professional female skipper on the Pacific Coast.

She has donated her time and boat to the San Francisco Police Youth Fishing Program, Golden Gate Fishermen's Association and KGO Leukemia Cure-A-Thon. Douglas is also an excellent naturalist; she can find describe seabirds, marine mammals and ocean anomalies to her customers.

To protect salmon and water resources, Douglas has represented the Golden Gate Fishermen's Association at state and federal hearings and met with several members of Congress.

Douglas passed her Coast Guard examination in 1972, purchased her first party boat and managed to find a niche in a male-dominated profession. With a mastery of boating, safety and fishing, she won over the public, and in turn, her mates at the docks. Her work with newspapers, radio show hosts and TV broadcasts has brought the world of the outdoors into the homes of millions of Californians.