Climate Change Concerns Play Key Role in Federal Fisheries Act Update
Two U.S. congressmen are working on updating and reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the primary legislation governing fisheries management in federal waters extending 3 to 200 nautical miles off the coast.
At last week's virtual ComFish, one of those congressmen, U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), updated Alaskans on his efforts to draft a bill reauthorizing the act.
He spoke about the changing needs of America's fisheries that are addressed in his draft bill, and his outreach efforts to make the bill's development more inclusive and transparent...
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