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Marine fisheries management is on the line

Next week, marine fisheries management will be the focus of Congress. Don’t assume your Representative will cast his or her vote in favor of recreational fishing – ask them to do so today. Bill H.R. […]

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Stevens Act Reauthorization Bill

As Congress continues exploring reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the primary law governing U.S. marine fisheries management, the recreational fishing and boating community continues to seek substantive legislative changes […]

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Saltwater Fisheries Management Law

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Committee held the first Congressional hearing on a draft bill reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the legislation that governs federal saltwater fisheries management. Of […]

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NH, RI & MA Battling NOAA

The states of New Hampshire and Rhode Island have joined a Massachusetts lawsuit that seeks to reverse a regulation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) imposing a 77 percent reduction of ground fish […]