Seafood Harvesters object to Sen. Rubio's plan for five year re-allocations for recreationa species
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] September 19, 2014
The Seafood Harvesters of America, a group representing commercial harvesters with allocated quotas, have major concerns about the re-allocation language in Florida Sen. Marco Rubio bill for Magnuson reauthorization.
A highlight of the legislation--which has been endorsed by the Gulf Seafood Institute who had a hand in crafting the bill--seeks to ensure commercial, charter and recreational fishing interests are represented among the leadership of the councils. But the Bill also includes a provision sought by recreational groups in the Gulf to force reallocations of fish from commercial to recreational interests through a five to eight year review period.
The commercial groups have argued that such a review would make loans almost impossible to get, as banks could not trust that quota allocations would be stable....
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