West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Bill Becomes Law
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Susan Chambers - August 24, 2017
President Trump signed Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s (R-WA) bill Friday to permanently extend the decades-old tri-state management agreement that has been vital to the West Coast Dungeness crab fishery. The bipartisan bill now becomes law.
Earlier this month, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) partnered with Herrera Beutler to get the bill passed in the Senate. Jaime successfully secured unanimous support and led it through the House in January.
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