129 Fishing Reps Urge Congress to Reconsider Bill Featuring New Vessel Monitoring Requirements
129 representatives of the fishing industry sent a letter to Congress urging them to take another look at a bill that would require all fishing vessels to use Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) in U.S. waters and on the high seas, the reps noted “redundancy” with other systems already in use, cost and privacy concerns.
The letter was organized by the Saving Seafood Coalition and was delivered to the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, concerns H.R. 3075, the Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act...
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