Program
Recast & Recycle Contest
Create a second life for recreational fishing gear for your chance at up to $15,000.

Help us give recreational fishing gear a second life and win!
We're looking for the best ideas on how to make recycling of fishing line and soft bait more efficient, more attractive and more accessible! Give your best idea for a chance to win $15,000!
Deadline for submissions is May 14th, 2021
What is recreational fishing gear?
When we talk recreational fishing gear, we’re talking about fishing line and soft baits used by recreational anglers. Whether it’s monofilament line, braided line or soft baits – we want there to be a sustainable, large scale solution to keeping it out of our waters and our landfills.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The following terms and conditions are required for anyone submitting an entry form into the contest. Please read below.
- By participating, applicant agrees to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Terms and Conditions, and represents and warrants that applicant meets the eligibility requirements set forth herein. In addition, applicant agrees to accept the decisions of the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water (“BoatUS Foundation”) and Partner Organizations (hereinafter collectively known as the “Organizer”) as final and binding as it relates to the competition. The competition is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- All applicants agree/grant that any design/idea that they submit to the competition may be used fully by the Organizer for marketing and promotional purposes directly related to the competition. This use may include publication in any Organizer publications, printed materials, or electronic media, including, but not limited to the Organizer web site, catalog, annual books and presentations. Use may also include publication in a media sponsor publication by the Organizer.
- Videotaping of submission by contestants is done at their own risk. Organizer is not liable for the actions of the contestant or anyone else involved in the filming of the submission. Contestant will hold harmless and indemnify Organizer against any and all claims and actions arising out of the participation in the Contest.
- The Organizer, its members, agents or competition judges acknowledge they have no intellectual or other property rights to any entries, whether conceptual, experimental or prototypical, except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions. Attaining such rights, whether based on patent, trademark, copyright or otherwise, is the responsibility of the applicant, and each entrant is strongly encouraged to do so prior to submitting his/her entry. By submitting his/her/their/its design(s), applicants expressly grant the BoatUS Foundation a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, fully paid, royalty-free license to (a) reproduce, modify, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and use the submission for and on behalf of the BoatUS Foundation; this does not include the right to sublicense any or all such rights to third parties. Additionally, applicants waive and release any and all claims against BoatUS Foundation or Organizer, their directors, officers, employees, members and agents based on or arising in any way from the intellectual property rights granted to such parties under these Terms and Conditions.
- • The applicant retains ownership of all designs & prototypes but gives the Organizer permission to, in connection with this or future similar competitions, use, publish or republish the design and the applicant’s biographical information and pictures through any media deemed appropriate by the Organizer. Applicant warrants that he/she/they are the sole creator of the design, which consists entirely of the applicant’s original work.
- An Organizer’s use of the designs in publications as provided herein as a result of the competition does not constitute that Organizer’s endorsement of the products or services.
- Applicants must have sufficient permission of any recognizable models or other persons appearing in the submission to be able to grant to the Organizers the right to display their design submission online and must provide evidence of such permission upon Organizer’s request. Organizer may require applicant to provide a model release for each person appearing in the submission prior to awarding the prize to applicant.
- Winner does not need to be present to win—but if we are unable to contact winner through provided information, prize will be forfeited after 30 days.
- Prizes must be claimed within 30 days of valid notification.
- Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state or local taxes, tariffs or import duty fees and must provide a completed W-9 form and, if requested and unless prohibited, must return a completed Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release as a condition of receiving the prize.
- Employees or agents of, BoatUS Foundation, Partner Organizations*, Government Employees Insurance Company, and their immediate families are not eligible to participate in this competition.
- All judges' decisions are final.
- The Organizer is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by the Organizer due to technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in this competition or downloading any materials in this competition. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE COMPETITION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE ORGANIZER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON (S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
* For a list of Partner Organizations, please see www.boatus.org/contest
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