Healthier, Climate-Ready Fisheries on the Menu for Congress
With a new draft bill to reauthorize our federal fisheries law, House lawmakers are breathing new life into the conversation about managing our nation’s fishe...
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Trump Is Selling Out Our Oceans Amidst a Crisis
In a new executive order, the Trump Administration is eyeing our oceans as its next target for rolling back protections in the midst of an unprecedented public ...
House Republicans Pass Another Contentious Empty Oceans Act
For the last 40 years, the Magnuson-Stevens Act has been our nation’s primary defense against overfishing....
Congress Is About to Gut the Law That Restored Our Fisheries
House “Empty Oceans Act” threatens to unravel 40 years of progress...
Everyone Who Fishes Should Be Accountable
But Modern Fish Act in Congress opens the door to an “alternative” management scheme that would reduce accountability and threaten healthy fisheries...
Another “Empty Oceans Act" Rammed Through House Committee
Republican Bill Threatens to Derail the Future of Sustainable U.S. Fisheries Management ...