West Coast Dungeness Crab Bill Heads to President for Signature
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Susan Chambers - Aug. 4, 2017
Management of the West Coast Dungeness crab fishery will experience smooth sailing over the next few decades, thanks to Senate passage of a bill on Aug. 3.
By unanimous consent, the Senate passed the West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act, a house bill that was identical to a Senate version sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and introduced on Jan. 9. The companion bill in the House, H.R 374 and sponsored by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., passed the House unanimously and was transferred to the Senate ...
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