Snowe Asks for New Study of Fishing Mandate
A week before fishermen plan to meet in D.C. Read More...
Lawmakers push for new study of fishing mandate
By Richard Gaines
Staff Writer
February 18, 2010 05:52 am
...Snowe/Barney Frank yesterday released a letter asking...the National Academy of Sciences to weigh in on the "economic and ecological consequences" of committing to...full recovery of all fish stocks...as required by federal law.
"We would like to see an independent, scientific analysis of the Magnuson-Stevens Act's 10-year rebuilding timeline mandate..," Snowe and Frank wrote to Jane Lubchenco, who heads [NOAA]...a week before...fishermen...are planning to meet...in Washington, D.C.
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