To the Gloucester Fish Commission, I propose that you request Markey and Warren vote in favor of this new bill

MSA Reauthorization: To the Gloucester Fish Commission, I am asking you to vote in favor of H.R. 3697, the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, co-sponsored by Congressman Don Young, and Congressman Jeff Van Drew.

This is the latest saga of the formerly approved H.R.200, which we all wanted to see moved forward. The new Bill has similarities, but it is crucial that this bill states unequivocally that NOAA does not have exclusivity when it comes to policy decisions of great importance. The Best Available Science must no longer be a weapon of regulatory war used against the fishermen on behalf of the environmentalists that have used it to further their ant-fishing cause.

I propose to you that you request that Senator Ed Markey, and Senator Liz Warren vote in favor of this new bill, and that they recognize the importance that the agency they fund, use other credible science from other sources, such as SMAST, and fisherman funded science. The agency holds all the cards, and by law does not have to consider any other science at all, let alone the what really could be the best available that is excluded by NOAA, by default.

This is unacceptable moving forward.

Please read Congressman Young’s Bill H.R. 3697, the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act >click here to read<

Please contact me if you any questions,

Sam Parisi 1-978-491-7722