News Summary August 22, 2017
Today's Main Story: Congressional Bills Would Alter MSA to Benefit Recreational Fisheries in Gulf of Mexico
Today's lead item reports that two companion bills in the House and Senate, both currently in committee, would alter the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) in how it addresses recreational and commercial fisheries management. The bills call for a review of the red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. It also seeks to alter the section in the MSA that deals with Gulf red snapper.
Meanwhile, fish plant workers are receiving aid from the Newfoundland and Labrador government in order to ...
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