The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announces that the 2009 RedSnook Catch and Release Charity Tournament is scheduled for Oct. 2-4. This International Game Fish Association certified tournament is open to teams, individuals and junior anglers under age 16. 

Roland Martin, legendary angler and television host of the "Fishing with Roland Martin Show," will again host the three-day tournament. Thomas M. Wagor, community bank president with M&I Bank, will serve as chairman of the event. Last year the tournament netted more than $60,000 for the Conservancy.

The RedSnook tournament benefits a juvenile game fish study being conducted by Conservancy biologists. The study will examine juvenile game fish living within the mangrove tidal creeks and salt marshes of Ten Thousand Islands. The goal is to learn more about how to conserve and restore juvenile game fish habitat.

The event is being sponsored by Comcast, M&I Bank, Heatherwood Construction, The Johnson Meland Group of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Naples Yacht Club, Amerivest Realty, Calusa Island Marina and Renfroe & Jackson. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. To become a sponsor, contact Meghan Clancy at 239-403-4200. For more information about the tournament, go to www.conservancy.org/redsnook.