Tag Archives: House Committee on Natural Resources oversight hearing
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr Questions NOAA Official on Fisheries Management: Challenges Administration on Its Data Collection Program and Economic Impacts on Fishing Communities
The hearing comes on top of concerns raised by recreational and commercial fishermen that the Magnuson Act is being implemented with faulty data and a lack of necessary scientific information on fish stocks. The hearing also raised issues of the economic impact that the current federal regulatory regime for fisheries management has on fishing communities. continue
