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Guinta, Keating Introduce Bipartisan Fisheries Bill – Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act

Rep. Bill Keating and Rep. Frank Guinta (R-NH) reintroduced the Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act, a bipartisan bill that would redirect more than $100 million that has already been collected from duties (Saltonstall-Kennedy Act) on imported fish products. This legislation would ensure that these existing funds go directly toward research, monitoring and management of our fisheries, while incorporating input from the stakeholders who know this resource best. Read the rest here 09:09

Group gathers support for Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act

“How stupid was I?”  Still, it was too rough to fish on Monday so he met with a representative of the Pew Environment Group, which supports the bill, for the first of a series of meetings to gather information and support in South Carolina. The Pew Environment Group opposes amending Magnuson-Stevens, he noted. continued