Pew EVP Blasts House Version of Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization (Opinion)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Hill] By Joshua Reichert - July 22, 2015 -
(Reichert is an executive vice president at the Pew Charitable Trusts and directs its environmental work.)
The United States' status as a global leader in preventing overfishing and in rebuilding depleted populations of ocean fish is in jeopardy from an unexpected source: the U.S. House of Representatives.
Crafted and passed without that historic bipartisanship, the bill significantly weakens the Magnuson-Stevens Act. If enacted, it would immediately jeopardize ongoing efforts to rebuild vulnerable fish populations.
The Senate has the next move on the legislation, and we urge senators to take a deliberative, bipartisan approach that is more in line with the traditional way Congress has handled the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
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