Alaska Rep. Begich Offers Bill to Add Four Seats to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council
Alaska’s sole representative in the U.S. House introduced a bill last Thursday to expand the number of voting seats on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) from 11 to potentially 15. The bill, titled the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Representation Enhancement Act of 2026, calls for “balanced representation” that includes “at least one representative each from recreational, small-scale commercial, rural subsistence, and urban subsistence user groups.”
The bill was immediately referred to the House Natural Resources Committee, with the full text...
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