Senator Rubio's Florida Fisheries Improvement Act Criticized for Quota Reallocation Provisions
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - May 22, 2015
Florida Senator Marco Rubio has reintroduced the “Florida Fisheries Improvement Act,” a bill the Senator says improves fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic regions. However, the legislation has been criticized by some in the industry for provisions that move Gulf fishery management policy from a science-based approach in favor of more politically motivated decisions.
The legislation is the result of multiple hearings, meetings, and conversations with stakeholders from Florida, and its purpose is to begin outlining the state’s priorities for the eventual reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)...
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